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Is Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Wrong About Palpable Blood Pressure Estimates?

In Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), we learned that a carotid, femoral, and radial pulse correlates to a certain systolic blood pressure (SBP) in hypotensive trauma patients.  Specifically ATLS stated:  Carotid pulse only = SBP 60 – 70 mmHg  Carotid …

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