Where is the common site for obtaining a pulse rate?
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Where is the common site for obtaining a pulse rate from the carotid artery? Where is the common site for obtaining a pulse rate from the radial artery? Where is the common site for obtaining a pulse rate from the femoral artery?
between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, above the hyoid bone and lateral to the thyroid cartilage neck
ventral aspect of the wrist on the side of the thumb lateral of the wrist wrist
groin inner thigh, at the mid-inguinal point, halfway between the pubic symphysis and anterior superior iliac spine