Pulse Palpation

Anyone like having their pulse checked? I know it's not auscultation with a cold stethoscope but does anyone else really like this? I love it. It turns me on.

Has anyone had a surprise check of their pulse? Where do you like it taken?

I find this very erotic and sensual much like a stethoscope exam.

My favorite is the femoral. I get it checked when I teach medical students and by my cardiologist both in preparation for and at the time of cardiac catheterization (if that's the route used).

Love having my pulse checked. My favorite is definitely having it checked at the carotid artery. But I also like having it taken at the wrist as well. 😃

Yes, it is something I like almost as much as a steth being used.

Can't say I like having it done personally, but I have done it many times on patients. Checking carotid,brachial, radial , femoral, popliteal and pedal pulses either manually or using doplers or ultrasound. Its very interesting to watch the pulse with ultrasound. After arterial surgery its always a welcome relief to hear that familiar "whooshing sound".

I love when the doctor takes the pulse at my wrist while auscultating.

I also had a surprise check twice, by two different female friends. In both situations we were out with other friends and I told that I was not feeling well that day and they wanted to count my beats taking my wrist...it happened with other people watching!

Fastbeaz, were you embarrassed? To have other people see that would be so embarrassing to me.

I've had some surprise pulse checks myself.

One was at work when I was feeling faint. My coworker checked my pulse for about two minutes in front of others. I didn't even care at that point because I was so worried something was seriously wrong with me.

I've also had two different guys check my pulse while watching movies in theatres. that was epic because it lasted so long.

Just a few days ago my partner felt my hb for what was probably a few hours. He fell asleep like that. That would have to be the most memorable and intense experience I've ever had.

The pulse can be a great way to start an exam..!!

I love it when I have to undress during the steth session, and my carotid and femoral pulse beeing palpated at the same time while her steth is strapped on my chest and she listens to my lubdubs, such a hot feeling.

I love having my pulse Checked, makes me very nervous though

I once had my pulse checked like that as my doctor listened to my heartbeat. My heart had felt like it had been racing as I lay in bed, so I had gone to get it checked. Turned out to be too much caffeine before bed.

Absolutely love palpating a woman's pulse points. All of them. Love palpating brachial, femoral, carotid as I steth her heart. Love the feeling of a woman's fingers pressed into my flesh....Feeling my pulse. Any of them. Such an erotic part of any medical exam.

Never really had a "surprise" pulse check. I've got WCH, so anytime mine is taken in clinical setting, it's quite high. My normal resting pulse is 60-70 and normal BP is 130/70-75.

I had my pulse palpated this morning. Chest and carotid by my partner. It was part of cuddling ?

Always enjoy palpating the PMI, aorta, and carotid pulses of my female patient as well as taking a nice long listen.

I also love it when somebody feels my pulse 😃 Mostly at my wrist, and because my pulse is quite hard to find sometimes, they always have to palpate a little.

A while ago I had a nice experience because of that weak pulse, a coworker checked my bp and it was a little low, so she wanted to count my pulse rate. She palpated for a while but couldn't find my pulse. She told me "Ok then I'll take it central".

And I thought ok, she will feel it at my neck. But instead she took the steth again and placed it over my heart and counted my heartbeats. That was soooo cool 😃

I frequently check femoral pulses when trying to determine how a patient is doing when they have blood pressure issues. Once I had to draw a femoral blood gas in a female heroin addict. She gasped with pleasure as I got a "register".

Totally agree - pulse-checking is an often overlooked pleasure, and is such a massive turn-on. In my one and only encounter with a cardiologist, he checked my pulse before very briefly stething me, and it honestly turned me on as much as the auscultation. I looked down at his big hand wrapped round my little wrist, knowing he was feeling the tap-taps of my heart, and I got the most delicious tingles. I've thought about that moment a lot since....several orgasms have occurred based on that memory alone 😃

A woman's hand on my wrist excites me no less than a stethoscope on my chest

A few days ago 2 coworkers of mine (both nurses) talked about their times in hospital. It was in our lunchbreak and it was really interesting to listen to them.

Then they talked about taking vitals and on of the coworkers said "Well I can tell how fast a heart is within a few seconds. Then she suddenly placed her fingertips ober my radial artery and I was like omg 😄 she took her fingers away again and then felt my pulse aother 2 times! At the last time she felt my pulse quite a while.

It was soooo cool because it was so unexpected!

I like the simplicity and intimacy behind it. Such a simple act of feeling blood rushing in ones veins, yet a trust is established at the same time

Definitely in agreement. Pulse feeling is magical and intimate in and of itself and is the perfect foray to the rest of the exam.

A lot of enjoyment in taking pulses, wrists of course but evidently carotid, femoral and also ankles and feet pulses...

Dr.MG

Yes. This is one of my favorite things. It feels very intimate and clinical at the same time.

Yes, agreed. Often overlooked aspect.

Or ive learned to recently love having your pulse in your pelvic area listened to or felt as well..god thats just..amazing

My trainer surprised me with a pulse check while we were reviewing my workout plan. She grabbed my wrist and took it, and I was glad it came in at 72. I was afraid it would skyrocket! My resting is closer to 60 but I’d been standing and talking so nothing seemed amiss.

Yes, all part of the cardio checkup for me. Always get so nervous-especially if I’m at the er for some reason, and they’re intently watching my chest rise and fall and feeling my pulse rate and rhythm

I don’t enjoy it nearly as much as being auscultated but it does have it’s moments.

As far as surprise pulse checks, I remember one. I was at a local bar with friends and one of my friends had brough one if his flatmates. She was this cute brunette, and I knew she was a nurse. We smoked a joint outside and when I went in she was the only one at the table. I went over and made a comment about my heart beating fast and asked her to feel it. She put her hand on my chest and it was obviously beating quite quick, so she told me to sit down next to her. She then put her fingers on my wrist and felt my radial pulse for a full minute, looking at her watch. I think it was pretty fast but she knew i’d smoked and she laughed it off that it was probably just because some ‘random woman all of a sudden is counting your pulse’. Little did she know!

Yes I’m guilty of this, love to have it taken, the finger tips gently feeling my wrist watching as the doctor / nurse looks at their watch. The excitement wondering how high it is this time.

I often have my pulse points palpated. My pcp checks my pulses in my wrists and my brachial and carotid arteries. I find this very sensual.