Pulse
Rate
• Is a wave of blood
created by contraction
of the left ventricle of
the heart.
• Pulse represents the
stroke volume output
and the amount of
blood that enters
arteries with each
ventricular contraction
Pulse Rate : 60-100 beat/min
Tachycardia >100 beat/min
Bradycardia <60 beat/min
disrhythmia(arrhythmia): irregular rhythm
Pulse Points
• Apical: at the apex of the heart
• Temporal: superior and lateral to eyes
• Carotid: between midline and side of neck
• Brachial: medially in the antecubital space
• Radial: laterally on the anterior wrist
• Femoral: in the groin fold
• Popliteal: behind the knee
• Posterior tibial
• Dorsalis pedis
Assessment of Pulse
• Rate
– Measured in beats per
full minute (b/m)
• Collect data (assessment) about medication
• After physical activities wait 10-15min before assessing pulse.
• Rhythm
– Regular
– Irregular (arrhythmia or dysrhythmia)
• Pulse volume (strength or amplitude)
– Absent
– Bounding
• Quality
– Full
– Weak (Thready)
– Bounding
• Arterial wall elasticity
– Expansibility or
deformity
• Equality
– Symmetry bilaterally
– Compare
corresponding artery
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