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<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/mixtape-top-of.html">MixTape: Top of the songs-to-resuscitate-someone-to Pops</a>

Friday 17 October 2008 19:16 BST
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A team from the University of Illinois medical school has found that the optimum tempo at which to perform CPR on someone who is undergoing a heart attack is 100 beats per minute.

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