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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)
Where do you check for a pulse in an infant?
For infants you can check the pulse by using the apical pulse, or heart beat with a stethascope, or using your index and middle finger to feel for a brachial pulse on the upper inside area of the arms.
What is a simple way to measure a resting heart rate?
Play two fingers on the pulse in the wrist (just below the thumb). Count each pulse for 30 seconds, then times by two. This will give the pulse rate for one minute. Obviously, you take the pulse once you have rested and cooled down for a few minutes first.
Where would you feel a pulse?
on your wrist or neck. put your index and middle finger on the underside of your wrist or same two fingers on the side/front of your neck.
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.
Where do you check your pulse?
You can check your pulse by putting two fingers on your wrist, or putting two fingers on the side of your neck. Either place works for checking your pulse. but i would try the neck first.
What is a normal heart rate and witch finger we use?
For the average adult, a normal heart rate can vary. It's usually be 60 and 100 beats per minute. To check someone's pulse, use your index and middle finger together and place the pads of those two fingers where you feel the radial pulse.
What the nurse do when places her fingers on your wrist?
They check your pulse
What is the pulse in the neck called?
anywhere there is a strong arterial pulse is where you find the pulse. carotid artery in neck (inside the vertical neck muscle) brachial pulse in babies in the upper arm between the muscles on the inside. wrist pulse (in the crook tween the middle tendons on the inside and the thumb side of the wrist)... femoral = inside mid thigh
Where do you place your fingers when checking your pulse?
Place your index and middle fingers on the underside of your wrist, between the bone and tendons, or on the side of your neck, just under the jawline. Avoid using your thumb, as it has its own pulse that can interfere with accuracy. Count the beats for 15 seconds and then multiply by 4 to get your heart rate per minute.
Why three fingers are used for checking pulse rate?
of the three fingers the forefinger nd the ring figer are used to occclude the artery nd the middle finger is helpful in measuring the pulse rate
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
