pulse check
Feeling for heartbeats
A pulse check is literally feeling for a heartbeat to determine if someone is alive, but the phrase is used figuratively to mean assessing the current state or health of something: Let's do a quick pulse check on the project.
In meetings, a pulse check gauges how people are feeling or where things stand—a brief status update rather than deep analysis.
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
monitor · wrist · two fingers · neck · fingertips · throb · signs of life · CPR · first aid · life support · emergency · artery · carotid · radial · faint · weak · strong · steady
- ResuscitationCPR training, CPR certification, defibrillation, chest compressions, mouth to mouth
- Triagetriage nurse, triage area, field triage, battlefield triage, telephone triage
- clinical skillsauscultation, palpation, percussion, physical exam, patient assessment
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- first aidbandage, bandages, first aid kit, tourniquet, gauze pads
- checkspaycheck, preflight, final review, checkup, checklist
pulse checkblood draw
Extracting blood for testing
invasive procedure · surgery · biopsy · catheterization · surgical intervention
pulse checkneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · willful ignorance · inattention · oversight · turning a blind eye
pulse, check, pulses, pulsed, pulsing, pulsate, pulsation, pulsating, pulsatile