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Pulse – rate, rhythm, strength

The top number (systolic) minus the bottom number (diastolic) gives you your pulse pressure. For example, if your resting blood pressure is 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), your pulse pressure is 40 — which is considered a normal and healthy pulse pressure. Generally, a pulse pressure greater than 40 mm Hg is abnormal. A normal pulse rate indicative of the number of times the heart beats per minute. It should be anywhere between 60 to 100 beats per minute. Here are some handy tips by Dr Kate to maintain a healthy oxygen level and pulse rate. To maintain good oxygen levels, one will have to try to get fresh air.

We all know that the pulse represents heart beats but probably don’t give it much thought about how that pulsating sensation comes about. It is when the left ventricle of the heart contracts, blood is suddenly pushed away from the ventricle to the main artery called the aorta.

Two things happen due to the sudden forcing of blood from the heart into the arteries:

1. Expansion of the artery.

Think of the arteries as thin rubber walled tubes, when that sudden rush of blood adds to the volume of blood already in the arteries they need to expand. When they quickly contract or squeeze, they go back to their normal size and blood is then forced from those arteries, into the capillaries, and through the veins.

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Whilst this expansion of the arteries is happening, what is best described as a “wave” travels through the arteries. Rust mac free download. This is the pulse. It isn’t just a few spots like radial (wrist), carotid (throat), and brachial (inside of elbow), all arteries have this pulse, but it is easier to feel (palpate) when it is nearer the surface of the body such as wrist, groin, neck etc.

The pulse rate is the number of times that wave passes a point in one minute.

It is important to understand that other than counting the pulse rate we need to note certain other factors; the strength of the pulse, and the regularity of the pulse.

Pulse Sites

The three most common sites are:

• Radial (wrist)
• Carotid (throat)
• Brachial (inside of elbow).

The site you take the pulse may vary depending upon the condition of the patient.

Let’s take a scenario: You are treating a casualty who is bleeding severely from a wound in their thigh and have successfully stopped the bleeding.

Dish anywhere download for sling player macbook pro. Check the patient’s pulse at a point below the injury to ensure the bandage has not cut off the blood circulation to the lower leg.

You have a number of options for pulse sites:

Popliteal (behind the knee) site,
Dorsalis pedis (top of the foot) site
Posterior tibial (back of the ankle) site. Download word 2008 mac free.

The above will provide information as to circulation or lack of it but for a measure of the pulse in general, use the following:

• Radial. This is taken at a point where the radial artery crosses the bones of the wrist.

  If the patient’s hand is facing palm up, the radial pulse is taken on the thumb side of top of the wrist.

• Carotid. This is taken on either side of the trachea (windpipe).

  Ideally the grooves to the right and left of the larynx (Adam’s apple).

• This is taken in the soft dip located about one-half inch above the crease on the inside of the elbow (not the bony side).

  This is where blood pressure is taken.

Pulse Rate.

An ‘average’ adult has a pulse rate of about 72 beats each minute.
Infants have a much higher pulse rate than an adult.

Below are the normal pulse rate ranges based upon age in beats per minute (BPM).

• Adults: 60 to 100 BPM.
• Children: 70 to 120 BPM.
• Toddlers: 90 to 150 BPM.
• Newborn: 120 to 160 BPM.

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Pulse rates that are outside the normal range are classified as tachycardia (fast) or bradycardia (slow).

• Tachycardia. If the patient’s pulse rate is over 100 beats per minute, the patient is said to have tachycardia.
• Bradycardia. If the patient’s pulse rate is below 50 beats per minute, the patient is said to have bradycardia.

Strength.

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The strength of the pulse is measured by the amount of blood forced into the artery.

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• Bounding. Think of “leaps and bounds” .The heart is pumping a large amount of blood with each heartbeat and the pulse feels very strong.

  A bounding pulse is generally caused by exercise, anxiety, or even alcohol consumption.

• Weak. When the heart is pumps only a small amount of blood with each heartbeat, it will be much harder to detect. This type of pulse could be described as weak, feeble, or thread (feeling like a small cord or thread under the finger). If the pulse is weak it may be difficult to find.
• Strong. A strong pulse is stronger than a normal pulse, although less than a bounding pulse.

  Shock and haemorrhage can cause a strong pulse.

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Rhythm.

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Rhythm is, as it implies, the pattern of the beat. In a regular pulse, the time between beats is constantly the same and of the same strength.

• Without trying to state the obvious, a pulse is irregular when the rhythm does not have a regular pattern. Count the time between beats, does it change? or does the strength of the beats change? does the pulse vary in both time and strength between beats?
• An intermittent pulse misses a beat. The strength does not vary, but a beat is skipped and this can be at regular or irregular interval.

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When taking a casualty’s radial pulse, place their arm across their chest to allow you to count their breaths after taking their pulse. The casualty’s breathing pattern could change if they are aware you are watching their breathing.