Continuous femoral pulse check for cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an improvement compared with intermittent carotid pulse check.

The reliability of manual pulse checks has been questioned but is still recommended in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines. The aim is to compare the 10-second carotid pulse check (CPC) between cycles with the continuous femoral pulse check (CoFe PuC) in CPR, and to propose a better location to shorten the interruption times for pulse check.
CoFe PuC has a good cutoff time and provides effective and quick results compared to the CPC cutoff time, which shortens the interruption time for CPR. CoFe PuC should be recommended as a new and useful method in the CPR guidelines.