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CPR Lesson – FHM/Maxim Style

I found this video pretty damn funny because it’s (a) absurd, but also (b) imaginative. Sex sells, and scantily-clad models are used to push many products every day. So, why not take that approach for public education that could save lives: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, better known as CPR?

It’s an absurd video because CPR is anything but sexy. It’s not at all a fun thing – if you’re performing CPR on someone, they’re on their way to dying, and you might break a rib or two while doing the compressions. It’s also not a magic bullet: the person you’re doing CPR on might still die right there in front of you. If you find conditions and situations like that sexy and alluring… uh… please keep it to yourself.

Still, the video itself and the idea behind it is amusing, so that’s why I’m sharing it!