[She's pretty sure she's just operating on auto-pilot at this point, so the offer to talk about random medical trivia instead of thinking about everything else that's happening right now is a welcome distraction.]
You've got your own pulse in your thumb, so you can get them confused, end up measuring your own heart rate instead of the patient's.
[Patient.
Nevermind that is not the scenario here at all.
She really wants to take another drink, but that would require pulling her hand away from his.]
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[She's pretty sure she's just operating on auto-pilot at this point, so the offer to talk about random medical trivia instead of thinking about everything else that's happening right now is a welcome distraction.]
You've got your own pulse in your thumb, so you can get them confused, end up measuring your own heart rate instead of the patient's.
[Patient.
Nevermind that is not the scenario here at all.
She really wants to take another drink, but that would require pulling her hand away from his.]