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Something that has always interested me is why we behave the way we do. Recently there have been a lot of discussions about tenancies and traits that jumpers seem to have in common. I was thinking about heart rate recently. What is everyones at rest heartrate? Mine is really low, usually upper 40's or 50 bpm. The only people i know that have a similarly low rate is a few skydivers and a few athletes. I've never taken my heart rate at the X, always busy preparing for the jump. It would be neat to hook up a monitor though and watch it to see what happens at different stages.

What about you guys? What is your at rest heart rate?

 
It's pretty adverage. Runs about 60.

Lee

 
54 bpm

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60ish BPM, which is good for adult male in late 30's.

Side note: I over heard the paramedics at the scene of my
motorcycle accident in 2002 tell each other I must be going
into shock since my heart rate was low.

I spoke up saying I knew I was bleeding badly hence I have
been concentrating on remaining very calm and keeping my
heart rate low.

They were slack jawed, then asked, what can we do for you,
of course I answered: Pain Killers!! and this is when I first
met Morphine.

Heart rate increases during most types of trauma related shock.
Particularly that associated with losing blood ( hypovolemic shock)

been lurking here for a while now, figure ill break that streak with this little insight.


Not in the end, it increases for a while to compensate, hence the term 'compensated shock' it drops off towards the end, after the patient goes into 'decompensated shock' which is generally not good news prehospitally. then finally 'irreversible shock' is REALLY bad news, and most people dont make it out of that stage.