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Heart rate is usually recorded in beats per minute. So find your pulse either in your wrist or your neck and count. If you don't want to count for the full minute, count for 15 seconds and multiply by 4.

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Why do you count the pulse for one minute?

I believe you are supposed to count for approximately 60 seconds to get an accurate heart rate reading.


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Pulse rate (or heart rate) is measured in the number of beats per minute. So, the most accurate would be to count the number of beats in an entire minute. If the person's heart rate is regular, though, pulse can be counted for a shorter amount of time, such as 10 seconds (multiply by 6 to get the beats per minute) or even 6 seconds (multiply by 10 to get the beats per minute) to give a fairly accurate count.


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To take an accurate heart rate measurement, place one index finger inside the anus and count the pulse till 60 seconds have passed. If 60 seconds is too uncomfortable, you can count instead to 30 seconds, and multiply the pulses by 2 to get your beats per minute.


Is it true when you count pulse beatsyou are also counting heartbeats?

Yes, when you count pulse beats, you are counting the number of times your heart beats per minute. Each pulse beat corresponds to a heartbeat, as the pulse is caused by the contraction of the heart pumping blood through the arteries.


Why when we speed up our heart pulse rate increase?

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What is the relation between hemoglobin count and pulse rate?

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The pulse rate is equal to?

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How are pulse and heart rate related?

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If a patient has tachycardia how do you count pulse rate?

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What is a heart rate sensor?

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