How is checking your pulse helpful?What items do you need to check your pulse?
598169
You need your fingers and a watch. the watch is very important since you need to count how many beats per minuts.. Your fingers come into play by feeling the beats.
1024205
Straight from the American Heart Association page:  \n\nYour maximum heart rate is about 220 minus your age. The figures above are averages, so use them as general guidelines. Your target heart rate is between 50-75% of that number.  So, for example, if you are 30, your target heart is 95-142 beats per minute.
1153132
Get checked!  There are kits you can get that will test your blood, you prick your finger and test your blood sugar.  Don't let it go, it could lead to more serious problems!
302287
Well, the pulse is the blood passing in your arteries.  It speeds follows the beating of the heart.  The rate of the heart is controled mainly by the hypothalamus that reacts to the blood need in the brain.
870994
You must not worry about your BP as it seems just OK.  As far as your pulse is concerned, the cause of it being 90 could be an anxiety associated while the pulse is being counted by someone or even if you are doing it yourself.  Let someone else take your pulse when you are relaxing and free from anxiety of any sort.  \n\nYour chest pain could arise for various reasons and the most common ones being costo-chondritis (inflammation of the chest cage at the points where the ribs meet with the cartilages), a chest infection like pneumonia or pleurisy), or it may be related to heart or the pericardium.   The best thing would be that you consult your own doctor for it.  However, a simple test would determine whether it is because of the heart or the chest wall/lungs or the pleural coverings.  Try coughing.  If the pain worsens, the chances are that it is not because of the heart.  Good luck.
936079
Most people can't feel the beating of their heart unless it is racing or really irregular.  Some people can.  My husband is one of those who can feel his heart beating almost all the time no matter what he is doing.  He can tell whether it is beating slowly, fast or irregular.  He can even count his heart rate without a stethoscope or without palpating an artery.  When he exercises he just stands or sits still for a few seconds to check what his heart rate is.  Lately he has had some problems with a really erratic heart rhythm and he felt it.  He went to the doctor, they did an EKG and he was in atrial fibrillation.   My husband feels that it is annoying at times that he can feel it so easily; now he worries about every irregular beat.  It is normal to have some irregular beats as long as they don't get to frequent.\n\nIt isn't abnormal to be able to feel your heart beating, but if it isn't regular it is good that you are having it checked out.    \n\nGood luck with your tests.
461571
Many people have heart palpitations. Kudos to you for managing to take the risk factor smoking out of the picture!! \nNow all you need to do is monitor your palpitations. The American Stroke Society recommends taking your pulse for 1 - 2 minutes once a month. Maybe do it on the first of every month?! \nI am mentioning the American Stroke Society and not the Cardiologists because one of the most biggest problems arising from palpitations is that they can turn into Atrial Fibrillation. That is a very fast, very erratic heartbeat that you can feel in your pulse. When the heart gets off beat like that, you run a high risk of getting a small blood clot in your heart from the also erratic blood movement that will be pushed out of the heart, often straight into the lungs or brain, causing a lung embolism or a stroke. And trust me, you want neither! \nIf you feel your heart beats really erratic, go and get an ECG written, that´s a quick, simple and cheap way of checking what´s going on. \n\nOf course, this is the worst case scenario. For the moment you are most likely fine since many, many people have palpitations and for most they´ll just stay palpitations so you don´t need to worry. But you have to be aware of the possibility of them turning into something more serious. \nHope that helped :-D\n\nBy the way, if you feel your heart starting to be a bit erratic there are 2 great and fast ways to get it back to a more slow and normal rhythm that sound way too simple to be true but work great:\nOne is to hold your breath and "press" as if you´re going to the bathroom for a couple of seconds. This is not recommended for people with high blood pressure though :-D\nThe other one is drinking a glass with really cold water. Go ahead and try it, it is also recommended by the American Heart Association :-D
1165755
they check your weight, height, your heart, oxygen airways and etc. i think they might check your urine too.
213504
perfectly. you can take feel a persons pulse most anywhere on the body. polite society and some weight problems take us to neck and wrist. in an emergency, and if the upper body can't be accessed, the ankle is usually a good spot.
874810
I am a RN, hope this information I will give would help you. To know the normal heart beat, 1st you should know what is a heart beat. If you bring your ear close to the left side of your child chest, you will hear a Lub-Dub, Lub-Dub, Lub Dub sound that is regularly repeating itself in less than a second. Each Lub-Dub sound marks one heart beat. Then the rythm,the time from one Lub-Dub (Heart beat) to the next Lub-Dub (Heartbeat) is the same, making a regular heart rhythm, then the rate t which is the number of times the heart beats per minute.\nHeart rate varies with age:\nNewborn  - 130-160 beats/minute \n6 Months - 1 year -100 - 110 beats/minute \nToddler  - 80 - 100 beats/minute
1020010
Sorry my friend. You have been gravely misguided by this notion. However, the pulse can be an indicator to your temperature. For example, a normal adult pulse rate is aout 60-100 beats per minute. so if your pulse is above 100, it's likely that you have an elevated body temperature. However, do take note that a fever is only one of MANY other causes of tachycardia (rapid heart rate). \n\nUse a thermometer the next time :) Saves you a lot of trouble
960256
a percentage sample was taken.\nprobably at multiple places and multiple times to determine a "peak" sample.\nhow does a nurse or doctor know what your heart rate is?\nThey check for 15 seconds and then mulitply by 4.\nThey didn't get the actual count for 60 seconds, but a sample and they projected.
91981
Generally speaking a pulse oximeter measures the amount of oxygen that is being carried in the red blood cells. It is continuous all the time or it can be used for a short period to check the oxygen in the blood at that time. 100% is perfect. Anything less than 93-95% is bad.
868735
Exercise machine\nHome blood pressure monitor\nElectronic scales\nPerhaps?
493714
it all depends on how fit you are if you are having trouble with your heart or if your cholesterol is high or having trouble breathing if you say yes to all of these things then the  question to your answer would be yes go to the doctors to get yourself checked out they will give you a blood test and a heart test and also they will make you blow down a tube to see if your breathing is ok  i hope i have not scared you with all of this   please let me know how you got on
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Ok here's a check list of essential Items \n1. urself!!\n2. ur clothes\n3. lots of food\n4. nice clean water\n5. a gud insect repellent\n6. some matches\n7. A flashlight\n8. A Compass n a map!!\n9. gud pair of boots.\n10 An AK 47 just in case U encounter some wild beasts or        Aliens!! get em real hard!!
557690
"Taken when at rest, a normal adult's pulse can be anywhere from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Anything over 100 is technically defined as a tachycardia. There are many instances during which it is perfectly natural for the heart to be racing out of this "normal" range."\n\n"The heart will always beat faster when it has more work to do and needs to pump more blood and oxygen to the body," he says. "Exercise, emotion, nervousness, a large meal are all common triggers. If you are overweight or out of shape, the heart will need to work harder. And sometimes, a regular pulse slightly above the norm just may be normal for certain individuals, depending on his or her specific body chemistry." \n\nLots more info on pulse rates at site below.  Hope that helps!