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Should you use your thumb to take a heart rate?
Your heart rate can be taken at any spot on the body at which an artery is close to the surface and a pulse can be felt. You should always use your fingers to take a pulse, not your thumb, particularly when recording someone else's pulse, as you can sometimes feel your own pulse through your thumb.
What instrument is needed to take a person's pulse?
You can use your fingers to check the any pulse in your body, just apply the fingers in the correct positions of the pulse locations and there you have it.
Why can you not take your pulse with your thumb?
I was taught in nursing school that both the thumb and index finger have a pulse, so that when taking someone else's pulse, use the middle and ring finger
What should not be used to take the pulse because it has a pulse of its own?
Your thumb has its own pulse so it shouldn't be used to take your pulse.
What is apical pulse?
apical pulse is actually the heartbeat
Como tomar el pulso en un nino?
How do you take the pulse in a child? I believe the best way is to use a neck (corotid) pulse, because the wrist is so small it may be hard to find the pulse.
What fingers have a pulse?
No.. the index finger does not have a pulse... for this reason, when feeling for a person's pulse, you use your middle finger and your index finger (you never use your thumb as it has a pulse)
Can you have a pulse after your heart stops beating?
The pulse is the feeling of an artery caused by the movement of blood from the heart. If the heart stops, there will be no pulse. A common mistake in first aid is to use ones thumb to take a pulse. There is a major blood vessel that goes through the thumb. If a person were to try to take a pulse with their thumb rather than the first two fingers, the person taking the pulse would be registering their own heartbeat rather than that of the victim.
Which finger should you not use when taking pulse?
The thumb because it has a pulse of it's own.
What are the three times you would have to take apical pulse?
Count pulse
Why shouldn't you use your thumb when taking a pulse?
You can actually feel your own heartbeat in your thumb. You wouldnt get a correct pulse if you feel your heartbeat on the patient
How do you use a pulse oximeter?
A pulse oximeter measures the oxygenation of patient's hemoglobin. To use a pulse oximeter you simply put the sensor on your index finger.
