In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the neck, wrist, at the groin, behind the knee, near the ankle joint, and on foot.

1. PULSE
RATE

2. Pulse
Rate of Pulse
Normal Pulse
Heart Rate Vs Pulse Rate
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KEY DISCUSSION POINTS

3. A pulse represents the tactile arterial
palpation of the heartbeat by trained
fingertips.
WHAT?

4. at the neck (carotid artery)
wrist (radial artery), at
the groin (femoral artery)
behind the knee (popliteal artery),
near the ankle joint (posterior tibial
artery), and
on foot (dorsalis pedis artery).
The pulse may be palpated in any place
that allows an artery to be compressed
near the surface of the body, such as
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PULSE RATE

5. PULSE
The study of
the pulse is
known as
sphygmology

6. The rate of the pulse is observed
and measured by tactile or visual
means on the outside of an artery
and is recorded as beats per minute
or BPM.
RATE OF PULSE

7. NORMAL PULSE
RATES AT REST, IN
BEATS PER MINUTE
(BPM)

8. Heart rate is the number of times per minute
that the heart contracts - the number of heart
beats per minute (bpm).
Pulse is the mechanical pulse of blood flow
through the capillaries caused by the
contractions of the heart per minute.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEART RATE AND
PULSE.

9. Back of the knees
Groin
Neck
Temple
Top or inner side of
the foot
Wrist
The pulse can be measured
at areas where an artery
passes close to the skin.
These areas include the
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How the Test is
Performed?

10. MEASUREMENT AT WRIST
To 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 with flat fingers
until you feel the pulse.
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MEASUREMENT AT
NECK
To measure the pulse on
the neck,
place the index and
middle fingers just to
the side of the Adam's
apple, in the soft,
hollow area.
Press gently until you
locate the pulse.
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11. GOOD LUCK