Ukuzijayeza kusukela ku-Antiquity, ukuthatha i-pulse ngokungangabazeki kungenye yezenzo ezindala kakhulu zomuthi. Kubandakanya ukubona ukugeleza kwegazi elishaya ngenhliziyo, ngokumane ushaye umthambo wegazi.

I-Pulse ibhekisela ekushayeni kokugeleza kwegazi okuzwakala lapho ushaya umthambo. Ukushaya kwenhliziyo ngaleyo ndlela kukhombisa ukushaya kwenhliziyo.

Ukushaya kwenhliziyo kuthathwa nge-palpation ngokusebenzisa i-pulp yomunwe wokukhomba ophakathi nendawo kanye neminwe yendandatho endleleni ye-arterial. Umfutho wokukhanya okhishiwe wenza kube lula ukubona igagasi elinamandla.

Ukushaya kwenhliziyo kungathathwa ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zomzimba eziwele umthambo:

• i-radial pulse iyona esetshenziswa kakhulu, itholakala ohlangothini lwangaphakathi lwesihlakala;
• i-pulse ye-ulnar nayo itholakala ohlangothini lwangaphakathi lwesihlakala, iphansi kancane kune-radial pulse;
• i-carotid pulse itholakala entanyeni, ngapha nangapha koqhoqhoqho;
• i-pulse yesifazane isesibayeni sosizo;
• i-pedal pulse itholakala ebusweni bomgogodla wonyawo ngokuhambisana ne-tibia;
• i-popliteal pulse isemgodini ngemuva kwedolo;
• i-posterior tibial pulse ingaphakathi kweqakala, eduze kwe-malleolus.

Uma sithatha ukushaya kwenhliziyo, sihlola amapharamitha ahlukene:

• imvamisa: inani lokushaywa libalwa ngaphezu kwemizuzwana eyi-15, 30 noma engama-60, umphumela wokugcina uba ukubika ngaphezu komzuzu owodwa ukuthola ukushaya kwenhliziyo;
• i-amplitude ye-pulse;
• njalonjalo.

Udokotela futhi angasebenzisa i-stethoscope ukuthatha i-pulse. Kukhona nemishini ekhethekile yokuthatha ishayela, ebizwa ngokuthi ama-oximeter.

Ukushaya ukushaya kwenhliziyo kuseyindlela elula yokuhlola izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho. Ngakho-ke singakuthatha ezimeni ezahlukene:

• kumuntu ongakhululekile;
• ngemva kokuhlukumezeka;
• ukuvimbela ukushaywa unhlangothi ngokuthola i-atrial fibrillation, okuyiyona nto eyingozi yokushaywa unhlangothi;
• hlola ukuthi umuntu usaphila yini,
• njll

Ungathatha futhi ukushaya kwenhliziyo ukuthola umthambo.

Kubantu abadala, sikhuluma nge-bradycardia ngemvamisa engaphansi kwama-60 beats ngomzuzu (BPM) ne-tachycardia lapho inani likhulu kune-100 BPM.