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A LOT of blood pumps through the veins in your wrist/forearm so it is easy to see the rate at which it pumps
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There is a major blood pumping artery, so the pulse is easy to feel. The pulse can most easily be found on the wrist and on the neck for this reason.
Even the chubbiest of folks dont have much fat on the inside of the wrist!
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoTo make sure that the heart is pumping enough times to keep you alive; for example if the heart rate is under 60 beats per minute, there may be some sort of health problem that causes it to be so low.
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∙ 13y agowell i am at feversham college and i have been told by mrs snowden that the pulse needs to be found if there is a service user that has collapsed or if there is care worker thinking that the service user is not breathing.
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∙ 11y agoi take bp on cuff machine which gives pulse rate also.
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∙ 14y agoA pulse is the constant recoiling walls of the aorta pumping blood all around your body via arteries vicki x Pulse is also the name for legumes such as kidney beans and brod beans
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∙ 12y agoso you can find out your resting and working heart rate so you can see if you are working to to 60 to 80 of your maximun heart rate
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∙ 10y agoAt the brachial artery in the elbow, the carotid artery in the neck, or the radial artery in the wrist.
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Can you have arithmia when your pulse rate is high?
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What is the normal tibial pulse rate?
A distal pulse should be the same rate as a femoral pulse, carotid pulse, brachial pulse, pedal pulse, or radial pulse. The strength of the pulse may be harder to feel the further away from the heart, but the rate should be the same. One heart, One Pulse Rate. The Normal heart rate/pulse in an adult is 60-100 beats per minute. Less of course, in the super healthy athlete.
What is the pulse on your chest called?
It's called the apical pulse. For future reference: Radial pulse - at your wrist next to your thumb on both arms. Carotid pulse - at your neck. Apical pulse - at your chest. Brachial pulse - anticubital (opposite of the elbow side).
Which finger should you not use when taking pulse?
The thumb because it has a pulse of it's own.
The pulse point located at the wrist is the?
The pulse point that is located at the wrist is called the radial pulse. All together there are five pulse points in the human body.
Name of the thumb pulse?
The neck pulse is the corotid pulse; the wrist pulse is the radial pulse; the arm pulse is the brachial pulse. it seems that the pulses are named according to the artery palpated; therefore, your thumb pulse must be your princeps pollicis pulse. this is an educated guess.
What is a hamster pulse?
A hamster pulse is the pulse of a hamster.
What are the types of pulse modulation?
Pulse width mod, pulse amplitude mod, pulse position mod, pulse code mod.
Where can you found the 11 pulses?
Temporal, Radial, Dorsalis Pedis, Anterior Tibial, Apical pulse, Ulnar pulse, brachial pulse, Carotid pulse, Femoral pulse, Popliteal pulse, Posterior Tibialis pulse.
What is apical pulse?
apical pulse is actually the heartbeat
Where to evaluate Pulse?
Measure the pulse in the wrist area, radial pulse.
Where in groin is a pulse found?
it is called the femoral pulse.
What are the locations of pulses?
the following Pulse location are? 1. Apical pulse 2. Radial pulse 3. Brachial pulse 4. Apical-radial pulse
What is a short length of wave that travels?
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What is the pulse deficit if an apical pulse is 122 and a radical pulse is 84?
38
Is potato a pulse or a vegetable?
A pulse
What does a pulse monitor do?
It monitors pulse.
