Checking carotid
In the human, the dorsalis pedis artery is the blood vessel carrying oxygen to the dorsal or upper surface of the foot. To feel or palpate the dorsalis pedis pulse, place the fingers mid foot where the ankle meets the foot. Dorsiflexion (toes up - not pointed down) increases the chances of feeling this pulse.
It can be diagnosed by checking blood pressure, also having an electrocardiogram is a common method of diagnosis. Treatment could include bypass surgery, drugs to control blood pressure, also, there is a procedure to inflate a small balloon inside an artery to widen it.
Brachial Artery
Palpated is when you can feel the pulse return. this is recorded as 120 palp, and only indicates the systolic pressure. Auscultating is when you can hear the systolic pressure wave return and diastolic is when you can no longer hear a pressure wave. Recorded as 120/80
When taking a person's blood pressure the stethoscope should be placed in the brachial artery.
if your taking blood pressure in the anticubital area (crease of the elbow) then you would palpate the brachial artery.
Brachial Artery
Blood pressure is taken through an artery. Normal BP is highest in the artery side of the circulatory system and lower in the venous side.
Arteries carry blood at high pressure, simply because they are linked directly to the heart and lungs.
radial
High Blood Pressure!