European Resuscitation Council guidelines call for 100 to 120 compressions a minute, pushing the centre of the chest down 5 to 6 centimetres. To keep the pace, trainers often point to the Bee Gees hit, at roughly 103 beats per minute. If you're not trained, skip mouth-to-mouth: calling 112 and pushing hard without stopping already gives the person a real chance.
Chlorine on its own is fairly gentle. But when it combines with urine, sweat and other grime from swimmers, it forms chloramines, which cause stinging eyes and that classic 'chlorine smell'. A well-kept pool barely smells at all. Shower before you swim and never pee in the water.
Muscle mass slowly shrinks with age, putting independence at risk. But in 1990, a study had nursing home residents aged 86 to 96 train their legs for eight weeks: their strength more than doubled. Muscle responds to training at any age. Getting up from a chair without using your hands is already an exercise.