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Why shouldn't you use you thumb when taking a pulse?

Why shouldn't you use you thumb when taking a pulse?
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Why shouldn't you use you thumb when taking a pulse?

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The thumb has its own pulse, So it will get confusing and you might think the person has a pulse when really they don’t
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Your thumb has it's own pulse that you might end up feeling instead and mistake it for the pulse you are trying to check
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