Adverse Effect of Helicopter Flight on the Ability to Palpate Carotid Pulses

• Published in: Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 190 - 193
• Main Authors: Hunt, Richard C, Carroll, Robert G, Whitley, Theodore W, Bryan-Berge, Dolly M, Dufresne, Deborah Ann
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.08.1994; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aircraft; Analysis of Variance; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure; Carotid Arteries - physiology; Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics; Emergency Nursing; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Intensive care unit. Emergency transport systems. Emergency, hospital ward; Manikins; Medical sciences; Models, Cardiovascular; Palpation - nursing; Pulse; Palpation; Helicopter; Medical transport; Carotid; Interaction; Models; Arterial pulse

Study objective: To determine if the air medical helicopter environment compromises the ability to palpate carotid pulses. Design: Using a carotid pulse model, flight nurses were tested for their ability to palpate the simulated carotid pulse at normal (120/80 mm Hg) and low (80/60 mm Hg) blood pres...