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When a doctor listens to your heart he hears the systole and diastole of the heart. The "lub-dub" that they hear is the closure of valves of the heart at rest (diastole) when the heart fills with blood and the heart squeezes blood (systole) out into the body. When you feel the pulse, you only feel when the heart pushes blood through the vascular system during systole.
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Is it weird to feel a pulse in your hands?
Only if you are dead.
What happens if you cant feel your pulse?
The pulse can be felt in only a few places, on the wrist and on the neck and on the ankles. If you can not feel yours, you are not in the correct spot.
How can you feel your artery stretch?
The only way to feel an artery is over pulse points, such as the one at your wrist.
What is palpated vs osculated blood pressure?
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 do you give CPR to a vicctim?
You should use CPR if a person is not breathing (place your ear nearly to their nose/mouth, and look, listen, feel for warmth) and has no pulse (using you pointer finger, feel along the side of the neck for a carotid pulse).
Do mice hear their predators before they feel them?
Only the ones that live.
What is the name of the artery in the neck you feel to see if the patient has a pulse?
The radial artery, carotid artery, and the brachial artery can be used to feel your pulse; but only if you feel them with your tongue. The easiest to do the radial artery, located in your elbow.
How and where do you find a child's pulse?
The strongest pulse is always at the neck. It is called the carotid pulse and can be found on either side of the "Adam's apple." Use 2 fingers to very gently push against only one side of the neck and slowly move them around until you feel the pulse.
What is the AFAA recommendation for monitoring pulse during exercise?
a simple way to do this is to feel your chest.,but only using your index and middle finger, since the thumb contains an artery and you may get confused by its pulse.
Does a caplillary have a pulse?
No, they don't.Out of the 3 blood vessels: veins, arteries and capillaries, only the ARTERIES have a pulse. This pulse occurs because of the method the arteries use to pump blood. When you feel for a pulse on the neck, wrist etc... you are pressing the artery against bone which is how the rhythem is felt. Hope this helped :)
Do you have two pulse in your neck during pregnancy?
NO, you only feel your pulse in your wrist, the baby's pulse can be heard when you visit the doctor's office, using special equipment.
Why is it not possible to obtain diastolic blood pressure using the palpatory method?
The palpatory method of obtaining a blood pressure is when the person taking the blood pressure feels the radial pulse (in the wrist) while pumping up the blood pressure cuff. When the radial pulse disappears, this is the systolic blood pressure. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted in the arteries when the heart has contracted and is forcing the blood through the arteries - it therefore gives the reading for the maximum blood pressure. When we feel a pulse, we are feeling the blood being forced through the arteries (meaning we only feel the pulse at the maximum pressure which is the same as the systolic blood pressure, allowing us to get a systolic blood pressure from feeling the pulse). The diastolic blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries when the heart is relaxed, or the minimum amount of pressure. Because the pressure is lower at this stage, it is not possible to feel the pulse and therefore it is not possible to obtain a diastolic reading using the palpatory method, a stethoscope is required to be able to hear the blood flow rather than feel it.
