You determine a radial pulse is readily palpable at the radial artery and has uneven intervals between beats. This should BEST be documented on the prehospital care report as:
A) strong and irregular.
B) thready and regular.
C) prominent and bounding.
D) bounding and regular.
Question 2
You have been called to assess a conscious and alert five-year-old whose chief complaint is nausea and vomiting for the past two hours. When assessing his pulse, you should FIRST check which pulse?
A) Brachial
B) Carotid
C) Radial
D) Pedal
Palade's use of the pulse-chase method to study protein secretion
An atherosclerotic plaque in an artery.
Illustration of an embolus floating in an artery. The embolus will become lodged in a blood vessel t
Right Hand Radial Aspect
Portable pulse oximeter and digital probe
Auscultation for carotid artery bruit