Juan Santamaria Day 2018 and 2019. In Costa Rica, Juan Santamaria Day is an official public holiday observed every 11 April to commemorate the heroic death of a drummer boy who helped preserve Costa Rican independence.
The resting pulse rate is your heart rate when you are not exercising, like when you are watching a movie or reading a book. More often with adults or adolescents, you may hear the term target heart rate.
Click for pdf: Tachycardia. Tachycardia is an abnormally rapid heart rate. In adults, this is usually defined as >100 beats per minute (bpm). In pediatrics, the normal heart rate varies with age (see Table 1). Therefore, in children, the definition of tachycardia is age dependent.