To establish your "resting" heart rate.
Check heart rate
Most treadmills have a heart rate monitor on them. Try running on a treadmill at your nearest gym. Or you can check your pulse before exercise, then check it after.
If the heart rate is slow (below 60 bmp) and if digoxin is given, it can reduce the heart rate to dangerous levels.
heart rate
You need to accurately check the heart rate. Digoxin can lower the heart rate to dangerous levels. You should not administer digoxin when pulse rate is already below 60.
you need to check the pulse of the person and listen to the breathing and the heart rate try to check the conditions all over the body.
because they need a change in heart rate.
You check your pulse.
I would check the heart and respiration rates separately to make sure you are accurate. Especially dealing with babies. Use a stethoscope to check the heart rate and just count the time their chest rises and falls for respiration rate.
At the normal rate.
Your pulse rate is your heart rate.
An adult's average heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. The heart rate before administering metoprolol will be higher than after administration.