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  1. How to take your pulse: Place the tips of your index and middle finger on the inside of your wrist below the base of your ... multiply by 4. This is also called your pulse rate.
  2. To determine your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220. This number represents how many times your heart should beat per minute at its maximum ...
  3. ... heart. The arteries are the vessels with the "pulse," a rhythmic pushing of the blood in the ... a refilling of the heart chamber. To determine heart rate, one counts the beats at a pulse point ...
  4. How to take your pulse. 1. Place the tips of your index and middle finger on the inside of your wrist below the base of ... multiply by 2. This is also called your pulse rate.
  5. How to take your pulse: Place the tips of your index and middle finger on the inside of your wrist below the base of your ... multiply by 4. This is also called your pulse rate.
  6. To measure the pulse at the wrist, place the index and middle finger over the underside of the opposite wrist, below the base ... firmly with flat fingers until you feel the pulse in the radial artery.
  7. 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. This pulse is felt in the common carotid artery.
  8. ... blood from the heart to the brain. The pulse from the carotids may be felt on either ...
  9. ... your caregiver will closely monitor your blood pressure, heart rate, and your baby's heart rate. ... by continuously monitoring your blood pressure and his heart rate.
  10. ... pressure. The cuffs are then attached to a pulse volume recorder (plethysmograph) that displays each pulse wave. The test compares the systolic blood pressure ...
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