Teaching CPR to Kids: Fun Songs to Help Keep the Beat

[jennjackson1104]

I learnt to the tune pop goes the weasel! It was awhile ago now! Just don't sing it out loud!

 

[jimsfaust]

Not entirely sure number 4 has been thought through properly…

 

[foxyroxy]

@jimsfaust I agree - originally I linked the video I watched, but my post got declined. But those were the songs included!

 

[jimsfaust]

@foxyroxy oh I’m not slating your post at all it’s really helpful I just mean whoever decided to put that on the list didn’t really think about it did they x

 

[foxyroxy]

@jimsfaust sorry, I should've used an emoji to lighten the response. It's quite an insensitive choice x

 

[doppelgank]

I just learnt the staying alive bit just repeated over in my head the "ah ah ah ah staying alive" that gets repeated till a paramedic comes

 

[chakam]

Baby shark is the newest one.

 

[deion94]

This is brilliant. I’m a nurse and a huge advocate for first aid in general, and cpr/choking aid in particular to be taught in schools. Also basic sign language. It coyld help someone a lot. Great post!

 

[deion94]

Also, don’t hang yourself up on finding a song to go with, the important thing is to do SOMEthing if it should happen. Having said that, as a life long Star Wars fan, of course I’m doing the Imperial march

 

[joshuah0208]

Yes I took mine to a free cause it was brilliant

 

[myheartsinhonduras]

You can also ask Alexa for CPR instructions x

 

[cherylpiops19]

Am I the only one who thinks that Sitting on the dock of the bay is a much slower song than the others? Should the need arise I will stick with staying alive.

 

[xcvcvcggh]

Nellie the elephant is easy for kids

 

[mission316]

They were taught in school how to do it on teddy bears ( kids were 4-12) but the person teaching them did tell them that they may not have the strength to do it on a person but calling for help and trying was better than nothing at all. I pray they never need to use it . Watching my husband do CPR to our daughter and feeling helpless will never leave me

 

[brynjolfr]

My son (6) knows cpr, dos and donts for dealing with a burn and how to help with a major cut... he's an inquisitive little soul

 

[hayleyjane]

I was told Nellie the elephant twice should be the right pace and the right about if compressions. Although did first aid training last week and my younger colleagues had never heard of it!

 

[ajaye2014]

@hayleyjane Off topic but I was in Tesco today and asked for thin bleach, you know, the cheapy cheap stuff, the two young employees had no clue!

 

[mark7871]

Spotify has a Playlist with songs for the correct CPR speed in it. I've downloaded it to my library.

 

[plabebob]

Uptown funk is a great one! And @phluphhead have fab children’s classes all over the country xxx