{"id":227,"date":"2015-04-21T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2023-08-15T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:48:53","slug":"3-2-what-is-a-pulse-rate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/?page_id=227","title":{"rendered":"3.2 What is a pulse rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pulse rate is the number of times that you can feel a pulse wave passing a point in one minute.<\/p>\n

Since a pulse wave occurs whenever the heart beats, the pulse rate equals the heartbeat rate. However, “taking a patient’s pulse” means more than just determining his pulse rate. It also includes noting certain other factors about the pulse.<\/p>\n

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The pulse rate is the number of times that you can feel a pulse wave passing a point in one minute. Since a pulse wave occurs whenever the heart beats, the pulse rate equals the heartbeat rate. However, “taking a patient’s pulse” means more than just determining his pulse rate. It also includes noting certain … Continue reading 3.2 What is a pulse rate?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions\/651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/vitalsigns\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}