Under the FMLA you can miss up to 12 weeks from work per calendar year. You can take 12 consecutive weeks off work, or you can take intermittent days off over the course of the year. Your employer might require you to provide 30 days advance notice before taking a leave of absence. Short-term disability plans of varying lengths are available through different employers and insurance firms. Some plans provide you with income benefits for up to a year.
Pulse deficit is more correctly termed apex-radial deficit [the heart rate measured [by palpation] at the apex of the heart minus the rate at the radial artery on the flexor aspect of the wrist] i.e. it means how many of the times the heart beats are those contractions not strong enough to be felt at the wrist.
Pulse Basics. Your pulse indicates how well your heart is working and if it has to work too hard or isnât working hard enough. As blood leaves the heart through the arteries, the flexible artery walls move in and out along with the amounts of blood rushing through them, and the in-out motion is the pulse you feel.