Welcome to “Good Mythical More.” We are going to do chest compressions on mannequins in the name of saving lives. This may be the moment that we can trace back to saving a life or helping you save a life. And it’s also gonna be fun because it’s just a mannequin. Yeah, ’cause I don’t want you to manifest something. I don’t even believe in manifestation. But if it’s possible- We’re gonna learn CPR. I don’t want you to manifest That one of us is gonna need this in the near future. We’re going to chest compress each other. I’m glad you’re here for it. But first- It’s national CPR Awareness Week. We’re going to give you a random disturbing fact. Wow, what are the chances? You can swim through the veins, that’s part of the, you know, the cardiovascular system. Yes, it is. What do you mean? Keep going. I mean, let somebody do the math on that. What, what? You didn’t even complete your sentence. Do the math on that. Count the number of these. What are the chances? And then what are the chances that this is the random disturbing fact that you guys decided to put on here? It’s- Multiplied times the how random this is. At this point, Rhett, it’s 100% chance. You don’t understand statistics. Of a blue whale. Can you put it all together? You can swim through the veins of a blue whale. And I’ve done it. Blue whale is the largest living creature. Yes, I knew that. It’s so big that its veins are big enough for an adult human to swim freely around it. This is my dream. This is my new dream. But you don’t even, I’m actually worried for you, because you don’t like the circulatory system. No, I don’t. This is not my dream. You’re freaked out about blood and we’re gonna be over there with some mannequins. We’re gonna be pumping mannequin blood all throughout those mannequins. I’m focusing on the life saving part of it, not the part that’s gonna make me freeze up. Next year is the 100 year anniversary of the American Heart Association. We got ’em in here. We got official Heart Association people in here. Yeah. Can you feel the energy? These are not actors? These are not actors. This is the real thing we’re gonna go for here. Because usually, when we bring official people in, it’s just actors. No, it’s not. Come on. Let’s go. A dime a dozen in LA. JT, JT. Right here. JT here, are you an actor? Pleased to meet you. Always, always, always. So yeah, give him the other one. There we go. There we go. There we go. Because this is, we don’t typically have guests on a “More” and we don’t typically come over here for a “More.” But when you gotta lay out some mannequins and teach us how to CPR, which is what we, this is the best place. I mean, honestly, I think both of ’em could have fit on the desk. I mean, just looking at ’em. But this is more interesting over here on this side. Okay. So JT, you’ve got, from my understanding is that there’s a little bit of a personal connection to this whole heart thing. Can you tell us how you got involved in this? Absolutely. So I was born with subaortic stenosis. I had open heart surgery when I was four years old. I was always- Dang. Do you remember that? Little tiny bits and pieces. Oh, you do? Only because of the home videos that were recorded. So I kind of always watched as the years went on. Right. So I remember vaguely. Okay. But always knew that I would be going through it again. Oh really? And it just so happened to turn out that my second open heart surgery came during the middle of a pandemic. Oh. Oh. So May of 2020, my wife pulled up to the hospital and dropped me off at the front door and hope to see you in five days. Oh my gosh. Wow. Yeah, it was something I never thought I would have to experience. But- This was not a scheduled thing. No, it was not. We found out January of 2020 that my heart was not doing very well. We originally thought that we could get through the end of the year, and each test that they did, we found out it was just worse and worse than they thought. And it got to the point where- Oh my gosh. They didn’t feel comfortable enough hanging on for much longer. So it was time to go and- Dang. So I got to go through that alone. No, it wasn’t time to go. You’re still here. Yes, you’re absolutely right. It was not time to go yet. My time was not up. But your wife couldn’t even be there with you. Oh man. It was such a tough time- No. For everybody going through that type of stuff. And you made it, obviously. I made it. And I always say too today that my wife was the strong one. She was the warrior. Yeah, you get those brownie points. I got to be laid up in a hospital bed. I was out of it for half the time I was there. She was the one that still had to continue on being a mother, a wife. She did spend pretty much all of her time outside of the hospital in the parking lot, dancing and keeping people updated on my condition and- What’s her name? Brooklyn Layborne. Brooklyn. Wow, wow. We’re giving it up from Brooklyn. Well JT, you know what? That is an amazing story. If you were an actor, that would’ve been an amazing performance. Yeah, that was amazing. I totally believed all of that, dude. Thank you very much. Dude, yeah, so thanks for sharing your story. Thanks for being here. And now you can teach us and you how you can save a life, if you ever encounter a situation where somebody needs help of this sort. So what do we do? So- ‘Cause what’s the first thing that happens is that you come upon somebody and they’re- Oh no, he’s fallen over. That’s strange. Oh no, he’s fallen over. That’s strange. But no, the first thing is we wanna make sure that the surroundings are safe. If you’re in a road, make sure the cars are stopped or we can get the person out of the road or out of any kind of dangerous situation. Once that’s done, now it’s time to check for a response. We get down. We tap ’em on the shoulder. Hey, are you okay? What’s going on? Hey. Hey buddy. Annie, are you okay? Still nothing. Now we- Do you still call him Annie? You can. We can name him anything. We can- Give me a second to put my hair up, Annie. Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay? Is it okay to take a second to put your hair up? You know what? Every second does count in these moments. And I’m pretty sure they won’t mind if your hair’s in their face. Okay. But we’re gonna now listen for breathing. So we’re gonna get our ear down by the mouth. This is gonna give us an opportunity to see the chest, if it’s rising at all. Okay, that’s not happening. I don’t hear anything. So they’re not breathing. Next step. Call 911. No, not me. You’re gonna point to someone. No, no, no, no, no, no, you don’t call 911. You’re gonna tell me to call 911, grab an AED, and you’re gonna jump right in. Grab an- Call 911 and grab an AED. Grab an AED. Got it, done. That’s perfect. You, call 911. See, I love the idea. Listen, this is not about me. But- Okay, but make it about you. Can I make it about me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do it. Let’s see it. Yes, please. I love the idea of something really stressful is going down and I’ve got it together enough to tell somebody what to do. Yeah. I mean, ’cause I’m that guy who’s like, that person’s not responsive. I’m, I don’t, I’m not, who? You’re no responsive. I’m not responsive and I don’t wanna be that guy. So and that is the most serious part about this is it is a sad fact that 50% of the people that see someone fall over, they won’t do anything. And so, if we can just increase that number a little bit, that will increase the odds of someone staying alive. Because it’s one in 10 people survive a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital. So the more people we can get- Oh, wow. Doing chest compressions when a cardiac arrest has occurred, the more lives we will save. Absolutely, 100%. So you make sure you’re in a safe place and you say, you know what? I know what to do. I’m going to see if this person’s responsive. If they’re not responsive, then I’m gonna get somebody call 911, get an AED. What if they say, what’s an AED? Just say just call 911. Just say AED on the phone. Right? Yeah. And the best part about an AED is they literally walk you through every step-by-step as you go, so. That’s like the defibrillator. Yeah, yeah. And it cannot shock you. If your heart is working normally, it’s not gonna shock you. So it’s very safe to use. It literally it’s a step-by-step walkthrough process. So I could put it on myself as a joke. And it would not shock you. But we don’t recommend that, and I would never actually do that. Never, no, no, no. No. We don’t. Well, he might actually. So don’t bring one out. But, so we’re gonna say I’ve called 911, grabbed an AED. Annie. Now this is the chest compression part. No breathing, no response. We’re gonna put hand over top. We’re gonna find the center of the sternum, which is, if you don’t know, just kind of come up from the armpits right to the middle of the chest. We’re gonna wanna get our shoulders directly over top of our hands, lock our arms in place. And now, we’re gonna push two to two and a half inches in depth to 100 to 120 beats per minute. Everybody knows the song “Staying Alive.” Everybody knows your wonderful song Rub Some- “Rub Some Bacon On It.” Which we found out is like right at the perfect beats per minute. Once we do that, keep our arms locked. And we’re just gonna drop our shoulders down. Maybe we just rub some bacon on Annie or- We could try. We could try. That’s kinda what we- Actually yeah, I think you did say that. Right after you call 911, you rub a little bacon, and then you move on. I think that’s more- Put your hair back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was my rubbing bacon moment, when I put my hair back. Okay, are we ready to- Yeah. Oh, look at this. He’s jumping right in. Hey, I was right on beat. Oh yeah. I was already doing this beat. You were absolutely perfect. Rub some bacon on it. And at this point, emergency, the first responders are on their way. So we are buying all the time. Should I be smiling? Yeah, I’m looking around smiling. I don’t know why. Because if you smile, it makes everyone else calm down. Calm down, guys. You know what? That is true. I’ve been trained. That’s true. Does it look real? Does my smile look convincing? I think you should just look kind of just neutral. Let’s kill the music, because I feel like- ‘Cause it makes it too easy. That makes it too easy for us. You put it in your head. Oh yeah, I like it. I like it. It’s like, we’re like human metronomes over here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is gonna be really good now. Because you’re gonna hook us up to a video game. A video game. Yeah? ‘Cause why not? Why not? I can’t think of a reason. So is this an official American Heart Association video game? No. No. No. It’s just something you use unofficially. It’s, yeah, a training tool to help encourage proper compression beats per minute. Okay. The better you do it, the farther along your little ambulance moves. Okay. I like that it’s no longer about saving a life, but it’s about beating him at something. Well, just like you said, this is about us. No, this is a good training technique. So then it’s like, okay, Annie’s unresponsive. We’re in a safe place. Somebody’s calling 911. Get the video game in here. Yeah, right, yeah. Uh-huh. Okay. So which color am I? I believe you’re blue. Rhett is pink. I’m pink. You are blue. Okay. Okay. And so, are gonna start the race and then we just- Just start the race. How are we gonna do this without trying to get in sync with each other? Oh. You know, but it’s about consistency. It’s about pressure. Well, I don’t wanna get in sync with you if you’re wrong. Does it take into account the look on your face, the video game? So if I look like nah, I’m not panicking- No. I get more points. Does it take into account the donate button? We should mention that now. Oh, very good. There’s donate button down below. So if you want to help out with the American Heart Association, you’ve heard JT’s story, they really make a difference. And I want you to learn CPR. I also want you to click that donate button to be your mythical best and contribute to a great cause. If it’s a dollar, if it’s $5, it’s whatever you can do. Maybe it’s $250. And every- I don’t know. Every single dollar counts towards this mission. So please do it. Please click the donate button. All right? And you can dedicate it to the winner of this race in your mind. So does the person, does the mannequin of the loser technically die or- Well, they’re both dead. True. I mean, that’s the thing we were talking about is that- I wanna know what’s at stake here, JT. If you don’t do CPR, if you don’t do chest compressions, they’re already dead. They’re already unresponsive, right. So you’re giving ’em a chance at a second life. Yeah, absolutely. At this point, they are dead. They’ve suffered cardiac arrest. If nothing gets done, they’re not coming back. So you can’t kill ’em anymore. You can only help. Because that’s what I think a lot of people- You can only help. First of all, I mean, there’s a lot of people who just freeze up and don’t know what to do. But then I think a lot of people in modern day are like afraid they’re gonna do something. Oh, there might be a lawsuit if I intervene, if I go in there and touch this person. That is why women are less likely to receive hands only CPR than men are. And that’s gotta change. We need to get more people aware and understanding how to do this and that it will save a life. Yeah, you gotta get your priorities straight in that moment. All right, here we go. And three, two, one, begin. Here we go. Here we go. I’m blue. Right off the bat, I gotta say, Rhett’s got the lead. Rhett’s, but Link is pulling back. Here we go. Here we go. This thing is going slow, man. Link’s coming back. Link’s coming back. It’s neck and neck, folks. Ambulance is on the way. Oh my gosh. They’re about four and a half minutes out. You guys got this. You’ll keep going. It gets a little tiring. Rhett is starting to pull away. Rhett’s taking off. Are you sure I’m not pink? I’m going faster than him now. Why am I not catching up? You actually look a little more red, like you’re getting a little tired. You got this. You got this. You’re going too fast, bro. Am I going too fast? If you go too fast, it slows you down. How do I know? Oh really? Rub some bacon on it. Rub some bacon on it. You’ve gotta keep that BPM in your head the whole time, man. Now Link, he’s catching. Oh, he was, that was a stride. Did you see you jumped up there? I jumped up? Yeah, you started catching ground. It’s in your hips, man. Look at this. Here he goes. Folks, it’s not over yet. I think it is. Come on. I wouldn’t want to be your mannequin, man. Man. But both mannequins are more alive than they would be if we weren’t doing it. That is spot on. And so, is the idea to just do this until a professional shows up? The idea is to do this for absolutely as long as you can and or until someone shows up. Every minute that goes by, you have a 10% less chance of survival. So 10 minutes and you’re dead. So the longer we can do this, the more prolonged we allow for that person to continue to get oxygen to their brain and keep them alive until the professionals get on site. I’m sending oxygen to your brain. Am I going, why is my star above my bus? You haven’t quite moved past the, look at that. Congratulations. Look, there’s no quitting here. We like this. Look at this. I don’t quit. I’ve gotta get Annie- This is the underdog story. Across the finish line. I am still sending- He is almost there, folks. He is almost there. The blood to the brain. Yes. Listen, if I had been on that episode of “Succession” Logan Roy would still be alive. I don’t know how to respond to that. I think that’s the spoiler. Yeah, I think the show is better off without him. The LA Times spoiled it anyway. Oh my goodness. And you know what? That’s a great workout. It is tiring. Can you sell it that way? You know what? For a great workout, learn CPR. You could save a life and get some exercise in at the same, which is good for your heart anyway. So that’s a win-win. It is a win-win. JT, thanks for being here. Remember you can donate, and also take what you’ve learned today and maybe go and get a refresher. You know, can you go to, are there basically instructions on the website as well? Yeah, absolutely. Visit AHA or heart.org, excuse me, and you can find all the information on how to get certified from everything from CPR to AED. You can get all the information you need, heart.org. Heart.org, check it out. Click the donate button. So technically I didn’t lose. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. There’s no losers here today- Right. Because we got little Annie one, little Annie two to the hospital. They’re in good hands now, all thanks to your quick reaction and response time. Thanks for hanging out with us. Thanks for sharing this and thanks for sharing your story. Yeah. Thank you. It means a lot. It means the absolute world to me. I get the opportunity to go through this again one day, and when I tell you that it truly means the world to me that you guys are willing to help spread this awareness, it still gets me emotional just because it’s something near and dear to me, so. Good man. Thanks. That’s right. Near and dear to your- To my heart. That’s right, man. Thanks, JT. 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