Re: RC: Heartcheck

[dluehosh@juno.com]

I only count either the 15th second or the 0 second, not both. That seems
to give reliable results in most cases. The ones that are hard to hear
sometimes have a deeper pitch to them, so you have to think "low" as in
musical tones... 
If I get a questionable result (this was as a PR person, a few years
back) I count for at least thirty seconds or a minute.
Gwen

On Mon, 06 Sep 1999 20:44:20 -0500 Lynette Helgeson 
> 
> Teddy Lancaster wrote:
>
> > The "heartcheck" does not count the first and last beat in a 15 
> second> > interval (as many a pulse taker has done).  It integrates
over 3-8
> > seconds.  In comparing it to a pulse taker (myself , a vet, or 
> someone> > else), I have found the heartcheck to VERY reliable.
> > 
> > I, for one, vote to have them used on EVERY ride.  I am sick of
> > pulse-takers who cannot count or "fake it" when they cannot "find" 
> the> > pulse.
> > 
> > Teddy
>


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