Why should you never try and palpate with your thumb when trying to take a patient’s pulse?
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because the thumb is too stiff to be helpful in medical situations
because the thumb is too stiff to be helpful in medical situations
because the thumb naturally has a tick and moves too frequently
because the thumb naturally has a tick and moves too frequently
because the thumb is an unreliable phalange
because the thumb is an unreliable phalange
because the thumb has a pulse which you may confuse for the patient’s
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The correct answer is: because the thumb has a pulse which you may confuse for the patient’s.
When palpating a patient's pulse, using the thumb can lead to confusion because the thumb has its own pulse, which can interfere with accurately assessing the patient's pulse.
