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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
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)
