H
Harpoon
Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick.....
84 bpm right now.
Mine is often mistaken for a watch even though I usually beat at a faster pace.
A month after I was released from the hospital I attended a friend's wedding and during the ceremony my brother turned to me and mouthed, "Is that you?"
We both stiffled a laugh at the question. My sister-in-law however, was puzzled because while she sat between us, she couldn't hear it.
I've noticed this in a lot of people, for whatever reason they just can't hear it, I suspect because they have lsot hearing in the pitch level of the ticking.
I have an odd sensation where I can "feel" the ticking in an area behind my right ear. I can also hear it well, but the noise has become quieter since I first had my valve replacement.
I just recently procured a cardio-stethescope as part of a "jump bag" for my EMT exploits and when I listen to my valve, the deamn thing bangs away inside my chest. I can hear it very clearly and there are a lot of "qualities" to the sound beyond just a simple tick.
It's also very comforting when I go to bed at night and it serves as an indicator of my health. It's louder and faster when I'm sick.
The thing I have trouble doing though is separating the sound of the ticking when I'm trying to take a patient's pulse. My brain starts counting my own pulse and loses track of the patient's very easily so I've been working on taking pulses when I do blood pressures. Not the best way I guess, but it seems to work.
84 bpm right now.
Mine is often mistaken for a watch even though I usually beat at a faster pace.
A month after I was released from the hospital I attended a friend's wedding and during the ceremony my brother turned to me and mouthed, "Is that you?"
We both stiffled a laugh at the question. My sister-in-law however, was puzzled because while she sat between us, she couldn't hear it.
I've noticed this in a lot of people, for whatever reason they just can't hear it, I suspect because they have lsot hearing in the pitch level of the ticking.
I have an odd sensation where I can "feel" the ticking in an area behind my right ear. I can also hear it well, but the noise has become quieter since I first had my valve replacement.
I just recently procured a cardio-stethescope as part of a "jump bag" for my EMT exploits and when I listen to my valve, the deamn thing bangs away inside my chest. I can hear it very clearly and there are a lot of "qualities" to the sound beyond just a simple tick.
It's also very comforting when I go to bed at night and it serves as an indicator of my health. It's louder and faster when I'm sick.
The thing I have trouble doing though is separating the sound of the ticking when I'm trying to take a patient's pulse. My brain starts counting my own pulse and loses track of the patient's very easily so I've been working on taking pulses when I do blood pressures. Not the best way I guess, but it seems to work.
