Pulse Points
Heart Rate
Terms
Pulse Rate
Taking A Pulse
100
Popliteal
What is the pulse point behind the knee?
100
60-100 beats per min.
What is the normal range for a heart beat in an adult?
100
an instrument used to listen to a persons heart or breathing
What is a Stethoscope?
100

The radial and apical locations 

What are the most common pulse rate assessment?

100
The Thumb
What finger should you never use to take a pulse?
200

Temporal

What is pulse on sides of the forehead?

200
heart beating more than 100 beats per min.
What is a tachycardia?
200
its the heart beat at a apex of the heart
What is an Apical Pulse?
200

process of nutritive delivery of arterial blood to a capillary bed in the biological tissues

What is Perfusion?

200

"lub-dub"

What does it sound like through a stethoscope?

300
Radial
What is the pulse point under your thumb?
300

Forceful or full blood volume

What is bounding pulse or +3?

300
bluish discoloration of the skin
What is cyanosis?
300
Can be felt with moderate pressure of the fingers
What does normal pulse feel like?
300
using the pads of the index and middle fingers; only slight pressure is applied,count for a full minute.
How do you take a radial pulse?
400

Carotid

What is the pulse located on your neck?

400
When the heart beats less than 60 beats per min.
What is a bradycardia?
400
abnormal heartbeat
What is dysrythmia?
400

just below the left nipple and 5th intercostal space

where do you take the Apical pulse?

400

When they have an normal pulse

When can you take the pulse for only 30 sec.?

500
Dorsails Pedis
What is pulse point located on the top of the foot?
500
Stress,Working out,Medication,Alcohol and Hydration levels
What Factors can affect pulse rate?
500

measure of pulse

What is beats per minute (bpm) ?

500
Apical Pulse
What represents the actual beating of the heart?
500

Name at least 3 characteristics of a pulse

What is rate, rhythm, volume, arterial wall elasticity, and equality?

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