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Right, we'll just take your pulse there.

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Just relax your wrist.
Just relax your arm down.

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So that's about 60,
so that's good.

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So taking someone's pulse
is used for multiple things.

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What we do...

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Obviously most patients,
particularly adult patients,

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we would use the radial pulse,

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and it takes us a lot more than
just how fast the heart's going.

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We're noticing the rhythm,
how full the pulse is,

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and also taking us about
how well-perfused the patient is

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with coolness or warmth of the skin.

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Generally what we do
is take that for 15 or 30 seconds

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and then for the other
30 seconds of that minute,

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15-30 seconds of that minute,

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we'll count the respiratory rate as well

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so that you're still looking like
you're taking the pulse

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and the patient doesn't alter
their breathing.

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However, if the patient
has an irregular pulse,

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then, it is wise to actually count it
for a full minute,

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to get a most accurate recording.

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So with children,
or particularly babies,

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it's often easier
if we take the brachial pulse

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that's the easiest one
to find for children.