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This document discusses how to take a pulse, including the locations to check a pulse on the human body. It explains that feeling a pulse involves compressing an artery against a bone to detect the pressure wave produced by the heart with each contraction. Taking a pulse can provide important medical information about factors like heart rate, regularity, and strength. The six main places to check the pulse are the carotid, radial, brachial, popliteal, femoral, and pedal pulses. Various medical conditions and other factors can affect the pulse.

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Pulse

This document discusses how to take a pulse, including the locations to check a pulse on the human body. It explains that feeling a pulse involves compressing an artery against a bone to detect the pressure wave produced by the heart with each contraction. Taking a pulse can provide important medical information about factors like heart rate, regularity, and strength. The six main places to check the pulse are the carotid, radial, brachial, popliteal, femoral, and pedal pulses. Various medical conditions and other factors can affect the pulse.

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3rd EPAL OF HERAKLION

Vital signs – Pulse


Erasmus + Dresden 2018

 Joanna panagiotaki
 Thalia thomadaki
 Dimitra Maniati
Contents
• PULSE POINTS ON THE HUMAN BODY
• FIRST AID TRAINING:
• WHAT IS A PULSE
• WHY SHOULD I TAKE THE PULSE
• HOW DO I TAKE THE PULSE
• FACTORS AFFECTING THE PULSE
• 6 PLACES TO CHECK YOUR PULSE
• What is a pulse?

When you heart beats (contracts) it


produces a pressure wave. This pressure
wave To feel a pulse it is normally necessary
to compress an artery against a bone. This is
why a pulse can normally only be felt at
specific locations on the body.
Why should I take a pulse?
A pulse can provide important information about the
condition of a casualty. Various medical conditions
and can speed up or slow down a persons’s heart
rate.
How do I find the pulse?

Two or more fingers are used to


feel and measure the pulse rate,
regularity and strength. Thumbs
are not used to take a person's
pulse as there is a pulse in the tip
of the thumb.
Factors affecting the pulse

 Age
 Gender
 Exercise
 Fever
 Medication
 Hypovolemia
 Stress
 Position change
 pathology
6
PLACES
TO
CHECK
YOUR
PULSE
1.Carotidic pulse
 Place the index and middle fingers of your hand on
the casualty's trachea or larynx. Then slide your
fingers toward you while gently pressing on the neck
until you find the groove running parallel to the
airway
2.Radial pulse

 The radial pulse is felt on the wrist,just under the


thumb.
3.Brachial pulse

 Place two fingers over the bend in an elbow


and feel your pulse under your fingers
4 .popliteal pulse

 one palpated in the popliteal artery, most easily


detected when the patient is lying,( prone )with the
knee flexed about 45 degrees.
5.Femoral pulse

 one located where the


femoral artery passes
through the groin in the
femoral triangle.muscle
and fat in this area can
make it hard to find.
6.Pedal pulse

 the pulse felt on the top of the foot, between the first
and second metatarsal bones. In 8 to 10 per cent of
the population this pulse cannot be detected.
THE END
sources
 dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/popliteal+pulse
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse
 https://www.pulsepoint.co.za
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHFl5PPC6I

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