Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

Identify the cause of a pulse.

Identify types of pulse (normal regular, tachycardia, bradycardia, weak, thready, strong, bounding, intermittent, irregular, and so forth) and their meanings.

Identify locations for taking a pulse, including the most common sites.

Identify the proper procedures for determining a patient’s pulse.

Take a person’s pulse and calculate his pulse rate.

Overview