Actually, we also take pulses much longer than necessary. We don’t start counting the beats as soon as we begin feeling your wrist, because as soon as we start, your sympathetic nervous system kicks in and your heart rate speeds up. We wait 30 to 45 seconds for it to return to normal before we start counting.
ryanqnorth Premium Member about 10 years ago
alt = “i totally dated a med student once! pretty hot!”
I wrote that years ago. We’re still friends and now she’s a doctor!
King_Shark about 10 years ago
Actually, we also take pulses much longer than necessary. We don’t start counting the beats as soon as we begin feeling your wrist, because as soon as we start, your sympathetic nervous system kicks in and your heart rate speeds up. We wait 30 to 45 seconds for it to return to normal before we start counting.
Coyoty Premium Member about 10 years ago
The undead must have fun with doctors. “You took my pulse! Give it back!”
Piksea Premium Member about 10 years ago
I guess they take the undead’s pulse right after they steal their noses?
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
“Comspiracy”? That actually looks kind of cute.