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LAWRENCEC BENNASCONI wrote:

>  I'm not arguing that the HHHRMs can't work on every horse, however 
> the folks that need to be reading this probably aren't. If there 
> aren't enough volunteers, sometimes that is the person who gets the 
> HHHRM and a crash course on how to turn it off and on.  so we have 
> folks with no clue trying to operate these things. (sometimes!) I need 
> to replace my HRM and I would like to have one of the newer ones with 
> the thin sensors, if some one selling these things was at a ride, and 
> would try it on my mare to make sure that it will work, I'd gladly buy 
> one, then I would know where to tell the P&R person to put it on her side.

If you can't teach them to use a HHHRM - try teaching them to use a 
stethoscope. Several years ago at a ride where I was "running" the pulse 
box, we had two new people that wanted to try the sport. They showed up 
to help. We were short on pulse takers so we give them a stethoscope. 
One was a nurse the other an MD so I though piece of cake - we are 
golden. The rush comes in and they are having problems - they are 
counting double pulse! Turns out the human heart sounds a lot different 
than the horse's heart and a someone with a good trained ear for the 
human will probably hear all chambers in action and double count.

We did get it straight pretty quickly once they got the drill. It's a 
lot easier to train someone to use a HHHRM than it is to teach them to 
use a stethoscope. Some folks that could be very helpful are marginal on 
hearing and really have trouble on some horses with a stethoscope. One 
or two people around with a stethoscope for problem horses usually does 
it. The way the pulse box is run in the SE - it doesn't matter since 
your time is recorded when you enter so if the HHHRM doesn't work, you 
won't lose time because someone else has to come over with a stethoscope 
and verify the pulse.

BTW you can by the electrodes separately - you don't need to replace the 
entire HRM. Roger would be more than happy to help you I a sure.

Truman

--

"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."

- Paul Erdos (1913-1996)




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