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.
Approach to Pediatric 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. Presentation varies with underlying cause, but most often the symptoms are vague and non-specific, such as âfussinessâ or âdifficulty feedingâ.