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This study evaluated the competence of students of the healthcare professions to locate the carotid pulse using a computerised manikin, within 10 s. A sample of 105 students from physiotherapy, radiography, midwifery and nursing participated in measuring diagnostic accuracy in a single attempt at pulse check using a computerised manikin, timed to an accuracy of +/-1 s. All had received basic life...
Our objective was to establish the proportion of Emergency Room and Intensive Care doctors and nurses able to locate the carotid pulse in less than 5 s, and identify the variables that influence this ability. The method followed was locating the carotid pulse in a healthy male adult volunteer with normal blood pressure in two situations (stretcher or floor) and with the neck in either a neutral or...
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