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The palm side of your wrist below the thumb, or at the carotid at your neck, below your jawline, to the side of your esophagus.
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Can you have arithmia when your pulse rate is high?
Why do you have your pulse rate taken? Why do you have your pulse rate taken?
Where can pulse be taken effectively?
There are many places: The middle of the neck where your clavice(collar bone) comes together, the inside of your wrist where the radical artery is almost visible on the surface of the skin or the middle of the chest to the left of the sternum(breast bone) where the ribs connect.
How long time you taken a pulse?
If you mean how long do you take a pulse for? A Mintute.
What is the recommended places to take a pulse?
A persons pulse can be taken at a number of different places on the body but it is typically taken at the wrist or neck. On the wrist it is taken at the Radial Artery. Using the left arm as an example, with your left palm facing up, use the fingers of the right hand to apply gentle pressure between the left most bone on the left arm and the tendons in the middle of the forearm, about 2-3 inches below the wrist line. At the neck the pulse can be felt at the Carotid Artery 2-3 inches either side of the Larynx. Again, apply gentle pressure to feel the pulse.
Apical pulse versus arterial pulse?
An arterial pulse is one which is taken over top of an artery, ex. Radial, Femoral, Carotid pulse, ect. An Apical pulse is one taken in between the 4th or 5th left intercostal space. It isn't taken from an artery, but from below the heart itself.(Apex of the heart) Source: I'm a paramedic.
What to do if Victim with pulse of 80 not breathing effectively?
what do i do if unknown chemical gets into eyes
How long should a pulse be taken in a CPR emergency?
Take a pulse for a maximum of 10 seconds.
Does a person have a pulse after they have taken the last breath?
Yes they will still have a pulse for a short period of time.
When a pulse is taken it is ally taken at an artery in the neck or wrist And explain why?
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Where are the places were you can fell your pulse?
wrist and neck.
Why are apical pulse usually taken on infants and children?
because infants have higher average pulse rates.
Why would the dorsalis pedis pulse be taken?
to fly
