manual palpation on the femoral can simply be hard to find in the moment, let alone on someone that may have very low pressure. a dirty but useful trick i like using is a O2 probe wrapped around the earlobe. while they are innaccurate for Saturation, they can be useful at detecting a pulse in cardiac arrest situations. love me some doppler though
While we have ultrasound available, wouldn't it be more accurate if we look at the center and evaluate the contraction of the heart instead of looking at the vessels?
manual palpation on the femoral can simply be hard to find in the moment, let alone on someone that may have very low pressure. a dirty but useful trick i like using is a O2 probe wrapped around the earlobe. while they are innaccurate for Saturation, they can be useful at detecting a pulse in cardiac arrest situations. love me some doppler though
While we have ultrasound available, wouldn't it be more accurate if we look at the center and evaluate the contraction of the heart instead of looking at the vessels?