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Carotid pulse is a better indicator of a heart attack than pulse on the wrist because it's nearer to the heart.
DEALING WITH AN EMERGENCY by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
A potentially fatal choking game involved impeding the carotid arterial circulation using digital pressure of the 'spotters' fingers or thumbs at a landmark we would describe as the point of a palpable carotid pulse on the anterolateral neck of the victim.
What is the choking game? by Masini, Douglas / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
I then checked her carotid pulse on her neck and there was none.
Pal checked her for life; RACHEL O'REILLY TRIAL: DAY TWO by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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