LESSON 3 Pulse.

LESSON ASSIGNMENT Paragraphs 3-1 through 3-5.

LESSON OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

3-1. Identify the cause of a pulse.

3-2. Identify types of pulse (normal regular,

tachycardia, bradycardia, weak, thready, strong,

bounding, intermittent, irregular, and so forth)

and their meanings.

3-3. Identify locations for taking a pulse, including the

most common sites.

3-4. Identify the proper procedures for determining a

patient's pulse.

3-5. Take a person's pulse and calculate his pulse

rate.

SUGGESTIONS After completing the assignment, complete the

exercises at the end of this lesson. These exercises

will help you to achieve the lesson objectives.