How to Perform CPR

You never know when someone's life will depend on your ability to act quickly and efficiently, and if you've never taken a course on CPR (CardioPulmonary Resuscitation), the following short clip will teach you the essentials you'll need to remember in order to bring someone back from the other side.

And this being the philosophy monkey blog, we gotta do things the sexy way :)

And if you're wondering how to keep up a rate of 100 compressions per minute without the aid of any equipment, the end of the following RadioLab story teaches you two rather appropriate songs that will help you stay on a consistent beat, though one of them might demoralize your patient :)

I wonder what the patient might be thinking while you sing that song...
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