Re: RC: Heartrate

[Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>]

>The heartrate monitors were used at the GERA ride.
>At one vet check  before we entered we used the stethescope
>and got a pulse of 62. In the P@R check the monitor showed a 
>71. Then 10 seconds later a 63 and the checker said that he did not
>leave it on long enough to count that one. Ten second=
>s later he recorded a 67. Meanwhile a P@R was being taken on the other
>side of the horse at the same time and she recorde=
>d a 59 a

Same problem, same ride.  I had him right on 64, went in and they took a
long time to get a number (could have taken it with a stethoscope faster)
and then it said 75.  He hadn't been 75 in quite a few minutes.  I could
imagine him being 68...but this seemed wrong.  I didn't like them. 

 I've done pulses at rides before and had riders standing there looking
at their heart monitors ready to argue with me.  I KNOW I know how to
take a pulse, and there they are all ready to argue and I say "56" and
they suddenly get a funny look on their face and say, "Oh, I had 62" or
something like that.  I guess so long as ALL the pulse takers use them
it's not that big of a deal, other than it's a pill to have to leave the
vet area when you think your horse really was 64.

Angie


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