Why is pulse usually taken in wrists and neck and not other places? Im just wondering?
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It's easy to find and quite strong in those locations.
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Wrists are most important.
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look at this 3D pic then read\n\nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/C003758/rotate.htm\n\nIn the human body, the heart is normally situated slightly to the left of the middle of the thorax, underneath the sternum (breastbone). The heart is usually felt to be on the left side because the left heart (the left part of the heart) is stronger (it pumps the blood out). The heart is enclosed by a sac known as the pericardium and is surrounded by the lungs.Betwen the pericardium and the heart there is a serous fluid to reduce friction during heart contractions. The apex is the blunt point at the base of the heart. A stethoscope can be placed directly over the apex and count the beats. In normal adults, its mass is 250-350 g (8-11 oz), but extremely diseased hearts can be up to 1000 g (2 lb) in mass. It consists of four chambers, the two upper atria (singular: atrium ) and the two lower ventricles. On the right is a picture of a fresh human heart which was just removed from a 64 year old British gentleman. The mass for a thin white male is usually 270-300 grams (9-11 ounces) with little fat.\n\nA septum divides the right atrium and ventricle from the left atrium and ventricle, preventing blood from passing between them. Valves between the atria and ventricles (atrioventricular valves) maintain coordinated unidirectional flow of blood from the atria to the ventricles. The ventricular systole consists of the contraction of the ventricles and flow of blood into the circulatory system. Again, once all the blood empties from the ventricles, the pulmonary and aortic semilunar valves close. Finally complete cardiac diastole involves relaxation of the atria and ventricles in preparation for refilling with circulating blood.\n\nThe function of the right side of the heart (see right heart) is to collect deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it into the lungs (pulmonary circulation)so that carbon dioxide can be dropped off and oxygen picked up. This happens through a process called diffusion. The left side (see left heart) collects oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body (systemic circulation). On both sides, the lower ventricles are thicker than the upper atria.\nOxygen-depleted or deoxygenated blood from the body enters the right atrium through two great veins, the superior vena cava which drains the upper part of the body and the inferior vena cava that drains the lower part which drains the portal cyrculation too full with nutrients to nourish the body. The blood then passes through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs, through the pulmonary artery. In the lungs gaseous exchange takes places and the blood releases carbon dioxide into the lung cavity and picks up oxygen which is called external respiration. The oxygenated blood then flows through pulmonary veins to the left atrium. From the left atrium this newly oxygenated blood passes through the mitral valve (also called the bicuspid valve) to enter the left ventricle. The left ventricle then pumps the blood through the aorta to the entire body. Even the lungs take some of the blood supply from the aorta via bronchial arteries.\n\nThe left ventricle is much more muscular, which is 1.3 - 1.5 cm (.5-.6 in) thick, than the right, 0.3 - 0.5 cm ( .1-.2 in) thick, as it has to pump blood around the entire body, which involves exerting a considerable force to overcome the vascular pressure. As the right ventricle needs to pump blood only to the lungs, it requires less muscle.\n\nEven though the ventricles lie below the atria, the two vessels through which the blood exits the heart (the pulmonary artery and the aorta) leave the heart at its top side.\n\nThe contractile nature of the heart is due to the presence of cardiac muscle in its wall which can work continuously without fatigue. The heart wall is made of three distinct layers. The first is the outer epicardium which is composed of a layer of flattened epi
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Pulse oximetery actually measures the percentage of hemoglobin (Hb) which is saturated with oxygen.\n\nMost doctors want their patients to measure 93% and above, so 88% is low.\n\nThe exception to that would be a patient with certain heart defects, generally babies and small children, for whom a higher percentage would be dangerous.
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Hi, Claude - Hopefully I can clarify some of the misconceptions on here.  Under ordinary circumstances, when a person is at rest, there is very little variation in the time interval from one heartbeat to the next.  Sometimes, the heart rate can become somewhat irregular.  There are several reasons why this can happen including premature beats (which are almost always very benign), heart block (sometimes benign, sometimes more problematic), and atrial fibrillation (which can put patients at risk for strokes).  As you can see, it is impossible to say whether your irregular heart rate is dangerous without knowing which of these arrhythmias you may be having.  The way to make the diagnosis is to check an EKG or, if your symptoms come and go, have you wear a Holter monitor or event monitor to capture these episodes.  I recommend that you see your doctor about this so that he/she can tell you whether the irregular heart rate needs to be addressed.  Good luck!
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its normal. when do you take your resting heart rate?If you take it during the day when you aren't doing anything odds are it will still be higher then usual. Take it before you go t obed and whe nyou wake up in the morning
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Some people use wrist bands for extra stability when "punching" a guy, or blocking him with your arms in a shoving movtion. Usually, taping your wrists works better though. I dont know what you meant by finger, but guys would tape their fingers when they would jam them or hurt them in some other way. The most practical use for the wrist band was usually to wipe sweat, and to put one around the chin strap to make it more comfortable and prevent it from slipping off with sweat.
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on the sternum, two fingers above the xiphoid process.Please do not place your hands on the ribs of the rib cage, during CPR ribs break and to place them directly over ribs will force the rib into the organs that they cover! place your hands only on the sternum (the bone that connects the ribs in front).
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Because if the shock is between the two hands, the current must travel through the main part of the body and can interfere with the heart.
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It's a warning to the people around them not to touch the body because if they do when they are shocking the pt then they will get the shock too and it could very possibly stop their heart. It's crazy in real life when you are using a defibrillator. People are running around trying to get stuff for the pt and someone is always at the head providing o2 so if you don't say it some one will touch him and then you have 2 patients in cardiac arrest. Does that help?
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A fever increases your heart rate, as do some cold medicines.  But, you need to check your pulse for one full minute.  If it is fast, but regular, it is most likely due to your cold/medicine.  If it is irregular (very fast, then slow or "skipping" beats) you need to go to the ER.  You could be in atrial fibrillation or super ventricular tachycardia.
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I'm assuming you mean your own pulse.  There are changes to your pulse through a pregnancy but the typical person is not likely to pick those changes up.  You are unlikely to feel any difference in your pulse if you are pregnant.
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All parts.\nCardio-vascular system, because it gets your heart rate up.\nStretches muscles in the legs, back, arms, torso, and neck.\n\nIt does not actually "target" any one group or area, if that helps.  It is a general warm-up exercise.
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its an issue with the shoulder/neck area.  when there is an inpingment there the nerves are effected through the arm and hands.  the energy is affected that you will get pain or weakness in these areas.  you can also have a Double Crush Issue.  when the trauma to the neck will be felt in the wrist or forarm.
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The pulse is measured at the wrist, neck, temple, groin, behind the knees, or on top of the foot. In these areas, an artery passes close to the skin.\n\nTo measure the pulse at the wrist, place the index and middle finger over the underside of the opposite wrist, below the base of the thumb. Press firmly with flat fingers until you feel the pulse. To measure the pulse on the neck, place the index and middle finger just to the side of the Adam's apple, in the soft, hollow area. Press firmly until the pulse is located.\n\nOnce you find the pulse, count the beats for 1 full minute, or for 30 seconds and multiply by 2. This will give the beats per minute.
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You mention that you have seen several doctors and had several tests, but have you been to a Electrophysiologist ? This is a cardiologist who only specializes in diseases and disorders relating to arithmia's.While there may be several causes to your symptoms sometimes the only way to find out difinitavly what may be causing these fluxuations in your heart rate are two tests,one is what they simply call a tilt table test.simply put they strap you down to a table (only so you won't fall) and they monitor your vitals laying completly flat and start to tilt the table both forward and backwards (as if they were tipping you up side down)this is often done when your sypmtoms are caused when you go from sitting to standing.this could be caused also by a sudden drop in blood pressure from standing,the other test is is a Electrophysiology (E.P. Study)\nThe procedure involves inserting a catheter – a narrow, flexible tube – attached to electricitymonitoring electrodes, into a blood vessel, often through a site in the groin or neck, and winding the catheter wire up into the heart. The journey from entry point to heart muscle is navigated by images created by a fluoroscope, an x-ray-like machine that provides continuous, “live” images of the catheter and heart muscle. Once the catheter reaches the heart, electrodes at its tip gather data and a variety of electrical measurements are made. These data pinpoint the location of the faulty electrical site. During this “electrical mapping,” the cardiac arrhythmia specialist, an electrophysiologist, may instigate, through pacing (the use of tiny electrical impulses), some of the very arrhythmias that are the crux of the problem. The events are safe, given the range of experts and resources close at hand and are necessary to ensure the precise location of the problematic tissue.\n\nOnce the damaged site or sites are confirmed, the specialist may administer different medications or electrical impulses to determine their ability to halt the arrhythmia and restore normal heart rhythm. Based on this data, as well as information garnered before the study, sometimes the specialist will proceed to place an implantable cardioverter device (ICD) or a pacemaker or will perform radiofrequency ablation. In any case, the information proves useful for diagnosis and treatment.\n\nThroughout the procedure, the patient is sedated but awake and remains still. Patients rarely report pain, more often describing what they feel as discomfort. Some watch the procedure on monitors and occasionally ask questions. Others sleep. The procedure usually takes about two hours. The patient remains still for four to six hours afterward to ensure the entry point incision begins to heal properly. Once mobile again, patients may feel stiff and achy from lying still for hours. \n\nI have several arythmia disorders that i was born with and have been through these tests litterally over 50 times in my life,and while it may sound scary and painful it isn't ,you will receive sedation and pain medicine.Plus the info they can learn from these procedures in some instances can be life saving.Now i'm not saying you may have something life threatning.it may very well be something as simple as anxiety related but if it is bothersome enough that it scares you as much as it seems to i think i would see one of these doctors just to be on the safe side.
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It might be escape pacemaker.\n"ectopic p.  any biological cardiac pacemaker other than the sinoatrial node; under normal conditions it is not active. \n\nescape p.  an ectopic pacemaker that assumes control of cardiac impulse propagation because of failure of the sinoatrial node to generate one or more normal impulses. "\n\n   from: http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd-a-b-000zPzhtm\n\n\n\nJust out of curiosity, are you with the\nUniversity of New Mexico Exercise Program??\nhttp://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/EKG/ekgscholarwk7.html\n\nI put a couple words/phrases of your question into Yahoo\nand came to a site with the exact question. Seems to be\na tough course.\n\nWondering if you are indeed taking this class if your instructor\nput together some useful resources in your syllabus, if the\nlibrary has been helpful (tailored tours/introductions, user friendly web site, etc).  Just curious. I see the library subscribes to MD consult and StatRef. Both are pretty good resources. \n\nAnyways,\nhope this helps...and good luck with this class if you are indeed taking it.\n\nIf not, well, the joke is on me.\n\nJanice