Re: RC: Heartcheck

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

But have you ever done several horses and check them stethoscope
and the hand held at the same time? How can you be sure they are
so very accurate? I have found them to be accurate on some
horses and not others. There has been times when there is a Big
difference, and I am wondering why. 

Lynette

Teddy Lancaster wrote:
> 
> I have found the hand-held heart monitor (the "heartcheck" sold by V-Max)
> to be VERY accurate. I find that stethoscopes are only as accurate as the
> person doing the counting...
> 
> The "heartcheck" does not count the first and last beat in a 15 second
> interval (as many a pulse taker has done).  It integrates over 3-8
> seconds.  In comparing it to a pulse taker (myself , a vet, or someone
> else), I have found the heartcheck to VERY reliable.
> 
> I, for one, vote to have them used on EVERY ride.  I am sick of
> pulse-takers who cannot count or "fake it" when they cannot "find" the
> pulse.
> 
> Teddy
> 
> Lynette Helgeson wrote:
> 
> > Hand Held Heart Rate Monitors.
> > My opinion of these handy little devices is they are a waste of
> > money and they have no right being part of a P/R on any ride,
> > let alone a competitive ride. They have a tendency to read
> > higher pulses and I have got to wonder if they pick up all of
> > the other little sounds that you hear when you put a stethoscope
> > on a horses sides as part of the heart rate. I am not sure about
> > that, just a guess, but what I am sure about is we had some
> > instances where the hand held registered a heart rate on a horse
> > that said 60 where the pulse taken by stethoscope said 40. And
> > where the hand held registered 76 and the pulse taken by a vet
> > with a stethoscope said the horses pulse was 52 and the pulse
> > taken by hand was a 50. I was also told by other people that all
> > of the BIG rides are going to the hand held heart rate monitors
> > at their rides.
> >
> > So I wanted to know from everyone, first of all what your
> > experiences have been with the hand held heart rate transmitters
> > and if the ride managers are all using them now, and if they
> > are, what they think of them. Also, I would like to know what
> > the vets think of them. I would really appreciate some input on
> > this issue, since it is getting to be a common practice at the
> > rides in this area, and is making me uneasy about the results.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lynette in ND
> >
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