brachial pulse
Medical term Patient Intake and Vitals
The pulse at the inner elbow (antecubital area), where the stethoscope is placed to hear blood pressure sounds.
Sources
- Clinical Nursing Skills, 15.5 Heart Rate · OpenStax, Rice University
Related terms
- blood pressureThe force of blood against the artery walls, written as systolic over diastolic in mm Hg.
- pulseThe rhythmic expansion of an artery with each heartbeat, used to count heart rate.
- stethoscopeAn instrument that amplifies body sounds such as the heartbeat, lungs and bowel.
- apneaAbsence of breathing.
- audiometryA hearing test that measures responses to sounds of different pitches and volumes.
- auscultatory gapA silent period when Korotkoff sounds fade between the systolic and diastolic pressures and then return…
- axillary temperatureTemperature taken in the armpit.
- bradycardiaHeart rate slower than 60 beats per minute in an adult.
- bradypneaBreathing slower than normal; in adults, fewer than 12 breaths per minute.
- carotid pulseThe pulse in the front of the neck on either side of the trachea; check only one side at a time.