The 1975, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, Loyal Carner, Charli XCX and The Prodigy may all be headliners at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, but they also all share something else unexpected in common that could prove a real life saver.. While “Staying Alive” by the BBC has long been suggested by experts including Morning Live’s Dr Xand as the most commonly known life-saving pop song to perform emergency CPR too – a whole batch of songs by this year’s Worthy Farm top billers are also the perfect tempo to provide resuscitation too – even though fans have slammed this year’s line-up as the ‘worst ever’
Health and safety experts Direct365 have listened to tracks by Glastonbury headliner’s and provided a list for the Daily Express that will cover all musical tastes and take in the crucial 100-120 beats per minute required for chest compressions when somebody has gone into a cardiac arrest. Among the selection are Neil Young’s evergreen classic Harvest Moon, Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo and Somebody Else by The 1975. Karl Bantleman at Direct365 said: “While everyone at Glastonbury is there to have a good time, it’s important to stay aware of your surroundings and act swiftly if you witness someone having a cardiac arrest.
“In the past year alone, almost 35,000 people in England have suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with 20% occurring outside the home. Despite these alarming figures, almost half of all UK adults admit to never having learned CPR. diminishing their confidence in resuscitating someone in a life-threatening situation.
“Therefore, while people lack confidence in performing CPR, realising that one of the songs you just witnessed live has the perfect beat to save a life can hopefully boost confidence in maintaining the right tempo for chest compressions.
“Music naturally calms the human body down, and by reciting a song while carrying out chest compressions on a patient, you can keep your stress levels stable, allowing you to focus on the situation rather than the environment around you.”
CPR friendly songs by the Glastonbury headliners:
Somebody Else, The 1975 – 101 BPM
Chocolate, The 1975 – 100 BPM
Robbers, The 1975 – 100 BPM
Harvest Moon, Neil Young – 113 BPM
The Needle and the Damage Done, Neil Young – 104 BPM
Mr. Soul, Neil Young – 104 BPM
Traitor, Olivia Rodrigo – 101 BPM
Ballad of a Homeschool Girl , Olivia Rodrigo – 120 BPM
Obsessed, Olivia Rodrigo – 120 BPM
Stars & Shards, Loyal Carner – 100 BPM
Hate, Loyal Carner – 101 BPM
360, Charli XCX – 120 BPM
Blame it on Your Love, Charli XCX – 100 BPM
Used to Know Me, Charli XCX – 118 BPM
Spitfire, The Prodigy – 119 BPM
Diesel Power, The Prodigy – 106 BPM
You’ll Be Under My Wheels, The Prodigy – 114 BPM
How to perform CPR?
If you are ever in the position where you are required to carry out CPR, follow these steps on how to perform CPR:
Check whether the patient is unconscious by shaking them lightly and asking if they are okay. If you do not get a response or if they are not breathing at all or not properly, they have likely gone into cardiac arrest.
Call for help. Shout for help and assistance in phoning an ambulance and locating a defibrillator. If you are on your own, place your phone on loudspeaker so you can tend to the patient while speaking to the call operator.
Start chest compressions. Here is how to do effective compressions:
Kneel by the side of the patient and put the heel of your palm on the centre of their chest. Then, put your other hand on top of the first hand and interlock them.
Ensuring your arms are stretched straight, use your hands to push the breastbone down firmly, around 5cm down, and release.
Do this at a rate of around two per second. For help on this, use the beats of any song with a bpm of 100-120, including one of the listed above songs.
If you feel comfortable, give rescue breaths every 30 seconds. To do this, tilt the head up with your fingers on their chin, open the patient’s mouth and breathe into their mouth.
Repeat chest compressions and rescue breaths until an ambulance arrives to ensure that blood continues to circulate around a patient’s body.