MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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Which pulse site is found on the neck and used during adult CPR
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carotid
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apical
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femoral
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temporal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -To check your pulse over your carotid artery, place your index and middle fingers on your neck to the side of your windpipe. When you feel your pulse, look at your watch and count the number of beats in 15 seconds.
Detailed explanation-2: -The carotid arteries take oxygenated blood from the heart to the brain. The pulse from the carotids may be felt on either side of the front of the neck just below the angle of the jaw.
Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. American Heart Association as well as European Resuscitation Council require the carotid pulse check to determine pulselessness in an unconscious victim and to decide whether or not cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be initiated.
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