How To Take Your Pulse Youtube

Feel for the pulse on the inner arm between the shoulder and the elbow.

How to take your pulse youtube. Hamilton health sciences 73 305 views. She then explains what a normal and abnormal heart rate is especially during exercise. Find out more about why it s so important to be able to check your pulse at https www bhf. Gently press two fingers don t use your thumb on the spot until you feel a beat.

Emily reeve senior cardiac nurse at the british heart foundation shows you how to check your pulse. Don t use your thumb to check your pulse as the artery in your thumb can make it harder to count accurately. Press lightly until you feel the blood pulsing beneath your fingers. The sides of your neck the tops of your feet put the tips of your index and middle fingers on your skin.

What is a good heart rate for my age. When you feel the pulse count the beats for 15 seconds. How to take your pulse duration. Once you can feel your pulse count how many beats you feel in 15 seconds.

Both resting maximum duration. Or place the tips of your index and middle finger on your lower neck on either. Place the tips of your index and middle finger on the palm side of your other wrist below the base of the thumb.