2006-07-22 22:16:54 · 32 answers · asked by sima 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yeah, your pulse rate is just an easier way of listening to the amount of heart beats. It is clearer and doesn't involve having to push on the chest, which could injure someone if they're in an accident.
2006-07-22 22:20:29 · answer #1 · answered by susanradford18 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 02:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by Melisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pulse is the most straightforward way of measuring the heart rate.
In most people, the pulse is an accurate measure of heart rate. Under certain circumstances, including arrhythmias, some of the heart beats are ineffective and the aorta is not stretched enough to create a palpable pressure wave. The pulse is irregular and the heart rate can be (much) higher than the pulse rate. In this case, the heart rate should be determined by auscultation of the heart apex, in which case it is not the pulse. The pulse deficit (difference between heart beats and pulsations at the periphery) should be determined by simultaneous palpation at the radial artery and auscultation at the heart apex
2006-07-24 05:54:50 · answer #3 · answered by Good Samaritan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pulse is the number of heartbeats per minute. The pulse is what you feel over an artery as the pressure inside increases following each heart beat.
The average pulse rate is between 60-80 beats per minute.
Each time the heart beats, blood is pumped into the arteries. As the blood surges into the arteries during a heart beat, each artery stretches and bulges. This brief bulge of the artery is called a pulse. You will be measuring heart rate by counting the number of pulses in the artery in the wrist in a 30 second interval.
2006-07-24 00:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by grace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pulse rate is the number of pulsation that can felt on the skin due to the flow of the blood thru the body....
heart beat is the reason for the pulse....
Heart rate and pulse rate need not be the same....
hope that helps
2006-07-24 20:18:26 · answer #5 · answered by Urban angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your pulse is the measurement of how many time per minute your heart is beating. It can be felt at the neck, at the wrist and other places.
.........so you are correct - they are the same most of the time! If someone is having an abnormal heart rate (arrhythmia) it is possible (but rare) that the abnormality causes inconsistencies between the pulse and heart rate.
2006-07-22 22:23:27 · answer #6 · answered by TeeCrochet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart rate is a term used to describe the frequency of the cardiac cycle. Usually it is calculated as the number of contractions (heart beats) of the heart in one minute and expressed as "beats per minute" (bpm).
In medicine, a person's pulse is the throbbing of their arteries as an effect of the heart beat.
So you see the difference? But the pulse rate and the heart beat of a healthy individual should fall between 60-100 bpm. It is only in this aspect they are considered similar.
2006-07-22 22:23:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically. The heart rate is how fast/how many times per minute your heart beats (pumps blood). The pulse rate is how fast/how many times per minute blood is pumped through your body.
Essentially, the heart rate measures beats of the heart, pulse rate measures how fast blood is pumped. They both originate from the heart, however, so both measures can be used in much the same way.
2006-07-22 22:22:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pulse rate is technique to know what is the heart beat in particular period of time.
2006-07-24 20:39:39 · answer #9 · answered by SONU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pulse and heart beat is the same......pulse rate is the number of heart beats I guess..
2006-07-23 19:04:22 · answer #10 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋