Heart Rate Monitoring Tutorial
Watch the video below on YouTube to learn how to take your pulse. This video has you practice taking your radial pulse for 15 seconds three times: 1) At rest, 2) After exercising for 2 minutes, and then 3) After 90 seconds of recovery. Have a pen and paper ready to record your pulse, calculate your heart rate (beats per minute). It's a video for kids, but it works for teaching adults, too.
TAKE YOUR PULSE
Practice taking your pulse. Feel your pulse in the radial artery located on the palm side of your wrist at the base of your thumb. You may find it easier to take your pulse in your neck from your carotid artery. This is felt in your neck just below the angle of your jaw just below your ear. To get your minute heart rate in beats per minute you can count your pulse for 6 seconds and multiply by 10, count for 10 seconds and multiply by 6, or count for 15 seconds and multiply by 4, or count for 30 seconds and multiply by 2. People with an irregular heartbeat should count for a full minute.
My resting pulse is __________.
YOU SHOULD NOT USE YOUR THUMB WHEN CHECKING YOUR OWN PULSE.
What is the rule of thumb for resting heart rate?
A normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Generally, a lower heart rate at rest implies more efficient heart function and better cardiovascular fitness. For example, a well-trained athlete might have a normal resting heart rate closer to 40 beats per minute.
Practice taking your pulse. Feel your pulse in the radial artery located on the palm side of your wrist at the base of your thumb. You may find it easier to take your pulse in your neck from your carotid artery. This is felt in your neck just below the angle of your jaw just below your ear. To get your minute heart rate in beats per minute you can count your pulse for 6 seconds and multiply by 10, count for 10 seconds and multiply by 6, or count for 15 seconds and multiply by 4, or count for 30 seconds and multiply by 2. People with an irregular heartbeat should count for a full minute.
My resting pulse is __________.
YOU SHOULD NOT USE YOUR THUMB WHEN CHECKING YOUR OWN PULSE.
What is the rule of thumb for resting heart rate?
A normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. Generally, a lower heart rate at rest implies more efficient heart function and better cardiovascular fitness. For example, a well-trained athlete might have a normal resting heart rate closer to 40 beats per minute.
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