How do you count heart beats when measuring pulse?
Posted by adminJun 20
I know how to do it, where to touch and how to feel. What I don't know is how to count the beats. The heart goes ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom. Do you count every beat, or just the main beats?
Like:
ba-boom
ba-boom
ba-boom
ba-boom
Would that be 4 beats or 8 beats?
3 comments
Comment by Mystryman713 on June 20, 2009 at 12:12 am
Well, if you are taking it right, you shouldn't feel "ba-boom" you should just feel
thump
thump
thump
thump
Make sure ur taking by the throat. If ur more experienced you can take by the wrist but I always take mine by the throat.
But yeah I guess that would be 4 beats.
Comment by po? ou s????? s??? p??? u?? n ?? on June 20, 2009 at 12:12 am
That would be 4 beats. Eat beat consists of contraction and relaxation, so it may seem like 2 different beats, but it's all one single cycle.
Comment by Katrina on June 20, 2009 at 12:12 am
If u know where to feel( usually the radial pulse) the wrist every time u feel a movement…a beat..a pulse..it is a pulse usually around 60 - 100 beats per min is normal