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MBAll about your pulse and what you need to know about it. 🫀
Today, we’ll explain how to check a radial (wrist) pulse, how to measure a heart rate, and when to check your pulse.
✅ Use 2 fingers to find your radial pulse just above the crease of your wrist above your thumb
✅ To find out your heart rate: Count the number of beats for 15 seconds and then multiply by 4 to get your heart rate.
✅ Normally, at rest, it should be between 60 and 100 beats per minute.
Find out if your pulse is regular or not.
o The pulse can be regular, that’s okay. It beats like a clock without skipping or jumping.
o It can have occasional extra heart beats that jump in between the regular beats, from time to time.
Most of the beats are normal, but some beats are extra and are followed by a pause or gap.
o It can be jumping all the time without any regular beats. This might be atrial fibrillation (AF). We’ll
be talking more about AF in one of our later reels.
You should sit down and check your pulse when you feel certain symptoms: when you are feeling faint, dizzy, have a
pounding in your chest, are short of breath, or have chest pain.
Once a week, even with no symptoms, if you are over age 60, you should check your pulse for AF. AF increases with
age. At age 50 it happens in less than 1 in 250 people, but by age 60 it’s 1 in 50, age 70 it’s 1 in 20, age 80 it’s 1 in 8,
and age 90 it’s 1 in 6. In your lifetime, the chance of developing AF is 1 in 4. Atrial fibrillation can lead to stroke, and
often people are not aware of its presence.
If you think your pulse is not normal, check with your doctor so you can have an ECG or any other tests that are
needed.
If you are feeling unwell or sick, as described above, CALL 911. Dial, Don’t Drive - your life depends on this.
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