Re: RC: RE:need to know.....

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

IMO, heartchecks are just as accurate as any pulse person...all depends on the
situation.  Like I said earlier, if everyone who used them also had the exact
same model of watch, the calibration and integration would be the same and there
would be no problem...but there are also various pulse people who count
differently.

I vote for the heartcheck...at least I KNOW it isn't fibbing....

Teddy

eddie spurgeon wrote:

> RE:Hand Held Heart Rate Monitors.
>
> Lynette, last month or so I posted my experience and opinion of the hand
> held heart rate units when used in the fast paced enviroment of an endurance
> ride P/R check (Frigid Digit and Texas Bluebonnet Classic). I was not
> impressed with the results in that enviroment. This weekend I was one of the
> pulse takers at the IAHA National Championship Competitive Trail Ride in
> Kansas. We used the hand held units and in the leisurly enviroment of an
> IAHA competitive trail ride P/R (as opposed to the hustle and bustle of an
> endurance ride P/R) they worked fine. I would have to be cautious in making
> comparisons to readings obtained with the heart rate monitor vs stethoscope
> if both are not used simutaniously. Heart rates can spike up or down 10 or
> more beats in the blink of an eye (as any experienced pulse taker can
> verify) for no apparent reason. I believe that if a vet or other person
> takes a reading with a stethoscope even a minute later that the heart rate
> may well not be the same. I'm still not convinced the hand hand held units
> are the way to go. From a Quality Control point of view, there is no
> established calibration standard or calibration period for the heart rate
> monitor referenced in the AERC Rule book. On the other hand, neither is
> there a pulse takers qualification standard cited. "You pays your money and
> you takes your chances".
>
> Eddie...
>
> <Lynette Helgeson wrote>
>
> My opinion of these handy little devices is they are a waste of
> money and they have no right being part of a P/R on any ride,
> let alone a competitive ride. They have a tendency to read
> higher pulses and I have got to wonder if they pick up all of
> the other little sounds that you hear when you put a stethoscope
> on a horses sides as part of the heart rate. I am not sure about
> that, just a guess, but what I am sure about is we had some
> instances where the hand held registered a heart rate on a horse
> that said 60 where the pulse taken by stethoscope said 40. And
> where the hand held registered 76 and the pulse taken by a vet
> with a stethoscope said the horses pulse was 52 and the pulse
> taken by hand was a 50. I was also told by other people that all
> of the BIG rides are going to the hand held heart rate monitors
> at their rides.
> >...
>
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