British Heart Foundation harnesses the nation’s listening habits on Spotify to teach lifesaving CPR

Building on the success of BHF’s past campaign that inspired the public to learn CPR to the rhythm of Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees, the collaboration expands the potential for music to teach people CPR. This time to people’s favourite tracks, whatever their taste.

Every user can choose their own unique CPR soundtrack and their lifesaving beats.

From Kate Bush to Kasabian and Lizzo to Liam Gallagher, songs from all genres and decades can be used to help learn CPR.

At lifesavingbeats.com, users will be able to generate a playlist of their most listened to songs at the right tempo for CPR, select a track, and then enter the 15-minute CPR training.

Users can also search for songs or other users’ CPR playlists, and share their playlists, as well as RevivR, on social media. Non-Spotify users can choose to access specially curated playlists by the BHF in six genres.

There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK, but less than one in 10 people survive.

Immediate CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chances of survival in some cases – yet surveys suggest that over a third of adults across the country have never undertaken any form of CPR training.

There is an urgent need for more people to learn CPR, and we are determined to reach as many people as possible.

Our innovative CPR training tool RevivR is easy, quick and free – all anyone needs is a mobile phone and a cushion.

In 15 minutes, the training tool teaches the user how to recognise a cardiac arrest, gives feedback on chest compressions and outlines the correct steps of defibrillator use, giving anyone the confidence to step in and save a life in the event of the ultimate medical emergency.

Thousands have so far used RevivR to learn this life saving skill.