Sunday Emmanuel

@sundayemmanuel · 22 Nov 2021

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What is a normal pulse rate?

Heart rates vary from one person to another. Resting heart rate is when the heart is pumping the minimal amount of blood that a body needs when at rest. The normal pulse for healthy adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute. The pulse rate may fluctuate and increase with exercise, illness, injury, and emotions. Females ages 12 and older tend to have faster heart rates than do males. Athletes find
their heart rate lower, between 40 to 60 beats.

The normal pulse rate for children is as follows:
- Newborn to 1 month old: 70 to 190 beats per minute.

- Infants 1 to 11 months old: 80 to 160 beats per minute.

- Children 1 to 2 years old: 80 to 130 beats per minute.

- Children 3 to 6 years old: 80 to 120 beats per minute.

- Children 5 to 6 years old: 75 to 115 beats per minute.

- Children 7to 9years old: 70 to 110 beats per minute.

- Children 10 years and older: 60 to 100 beats per minute.

The following are factors that can affect pulse rate.
- Temperature
- Medication side effects
- Emotions
- Weight
- Cardiovascular conditioning and deconditioning
- Anemia
- Smoking
- Body positioning.
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