How do you figure out your resting heart rate?

The heart rate and pulse rate are 2 different assessments. The heart rate can be obtained by putting the stethoscope on the heart to count the apical heart rate. That area is up under the breast tissue, roughly right below and slightly left of the nipple line.

A pulse can be obtained at the radial site (wrist, thumb side), at the carotids (each side of the neck), the bradial (upper arm), the femoral (either side at the groin), the politeal (behind the knee), and pedal pulses (tops of each foot).