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pulse
(redirected from brachial pulse)

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To apply the algorithm, let's use the following example: a toddler has blood on his face and arms but no visible bleeding, he is crying, after calming him momentarily his respiratory rate is 40, he has a palpable brachial pulse and he resumes crying loudly while you assess perfusion.
Feel for a pulse for up to 10 seconds (check for the presence of a carotid pulse in an adult or child; check for a brachial pulse in an infant) (Fig.
On examination, he had good radial, ulnar, and brachial pulses bilaterally.
 
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