title: Using music to maintain the correct rhythm during CPR.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a competency required of all health professionals, but they do not always meet chest compression standards.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurses received a traditional chest compression demonstration or one with music. Their compression rates were measured and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After instruction, 66% of nurses who had received demonstration with music performed chest compressions within the recommended range, compared with 41% of those receiving traditional demonstration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using music when teaching CPR can improve nurses' performance of chest compressions at the recommended rate.
authors.forename: Janey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Roach
authors.forename: Marie Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Langdon
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DeFalco
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D014481:United States