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Carotid artery
🚨 -Assess before performing CPR
🫀 -Sides of the neck
❌ -Never check both sides at the same time

Brachial artery
🩺 -Used for manual blood pressure
💪 -Inside of the upper arm

Radial artery
✅ -Commonly used for taking a pulse in adults
👍 -Located on the wrist, just below the thumb

Femoral artery
🚨 -Used for emergency assessments and circulation checks
🔍 -Located in the groin between the pubic bone and hip

Posterior Tibial & Dorsalis Pedis
🔄 -used to assess circulation in the lower extremities
🔍 -Posterior tibial is behind the medial ankle bone
🔍 -Dorsalis pedis is on top of the foot between the first and second toes
🤔 If you can’t palpate these, use a doppler to assess!

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