Pulses

Question 1

Type: Accelerated
Characteristics: Pulse >150bpm (>170bpm - fatal results).

Answer 1

Implication: Pressure on the base of the brain; shock.

Question 2

Type: Bounding
Characteristics: Pulse that quickly reaches a higher intensity than normal, then quickly disappears.

Answer 2

Implication: Ventricular systole and reduced peripheral pressure.

Question 3

Type: Deficit
Characteristics: Pulse in which the number of beats counted at the radial pulse is less than that counted over the heart itself.

Answer 3

Implication: Cardiac arrhythmia.

Question 4

Type: High Tension
Characteristics: Pulse in which the force of the beat is increased; an increased amount of pressure is required to inhibit the radial pulse.

Answer 4

Implication: Cerebral trauma.

Question 5

Type: Low Tension
Characteristics: Short, fast, faint pulse having a rapid decline.

Answer 5

Implication: Heart Failure; Shock.