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No. Use your fingers when finding a pulse. Don't use your thumb when finding it, as it has its own pulse.
Find the radial pulse. This is also known as the pulse on the inside of the wrist. Use the pads of three fingers. Place these just below the wrist creases at the base of the thumb. Press lightly until you feel a pulse (blood pulsing under your fingers). If necessary, move fingers around until you feel the pulse.
Alternatively find the carotid pulse. Alternatively, to feel a pulse on the side of the neck, place two fingers, preferably your index and middle finger, in the hollow between the windpipe and the large muscle in the neck. Press lightly until you feel a pulse.
1. Check and record the rate, strength and rhythm. Use a watch or clock with a second hand. Make a note of the rate of the pulse, which is the number of beats per minute. Check the strength of the pulse to see if it is strong or weak and if the rhythm is regular or irregular.
o If you don't have a watch or a clock around, the Cleveland Clinic Health System recommends counting the beats you feel for 15 seconds and multiplying this by four to get your heart rate per minute:
§ Your pulse is _______________ (beats in 15 seconds) x 4 = ________________(your pulse)[1] You can count beats for 30 seconds and multiply by 2.
What else can I help you with?
Which finger should you not use when taking pulse?
The thumb because it has a pulse of it's own.
Why do you not use the thumb for taking the pulse rate?
Thumbs have more blood flow than your fingers and could mess up your timing when checking your pulse. The thumb has a pulse point of its own, so you would be feeling two conflicting pulses at the same time.
Can thumb be used for measuring another person's heart rate?
The thumb should not be used for measuring another person's heart rate, as its strong pulse may interfere with discriminating the site of pulsation
What is the pulse on your chest called?
It's called the apical pulse. For future reference: Radial pulse - at your wrist next to your thumb on both arms. Carotid pulse - at your neck. Apical pulse - at your chest. Brachial pulse - anticubital (opposite of the elbow side).
When a person's pulse is taken by palpation near the thumb on the wrist what artery is being felt?
radial
Should you take your clients pulse with your thumb against their wrist?
No, because your thumb carries your pulse which might be confused with the client's pulse.
Should you take your client's pulse with your thumb against their wrist?
No, because your thumb carries your pulse which might be confused with the client's pulse.
Which finger should you not use when taking pulse?
The thumb because it has a pulse of it's own.
Can you measure pulse by your thumb?
When you put your thumb over a vein sufficiently close to the surface of your skin, you should feel a gentle throbbing underneath your th8mb. The throbbing should be steady. This is your heartbeat. If you count between the beats you get your pulse rate.
When taking a manual pulse what should never be used because there is a chance of taking your pulse?
You should never take a manual pulse with your thumb because of the chance of picking up your own pulse from the blood vessels in your thumb.
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.
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.
Why is the thumbs never used to take a persons pulse?
Your thumb also has a pulse so you could be counting your own pulse beats per minute.
Where is the pulse felt?
By using two fingers (not your thumb - it has it's own pulse) against the inside of your wrist or just under your jaw on the side of your neck :)
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
How do you can you find the pulse on wirst?
Put your thumb of the opposite hand at the outer edge of the other wrist just below where the hand connects to the wrist, under the thumb, you should feel a pulse there.
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
