>>> feel your own.
>>
>> Not something I'm expecting to ever have a problem with. ;-)
> 
> What would happen if you found your mother unconscious and could not 
> detect signs of breathing? How could you tell if she was alive?

Isn't that called an "insurance job"? ;-)

>> I meant more "what happens if you restrict the flow of blood to your
>> brain? Do you die??!?" o_O
> 
> Not if you do it to yourself. If you lost consciousness (unlikely if you 
> only do it to one side) you would let go then recover consciousness. It 
> is called throttling, a choke cuts off the air supply and strangling is 
> a combination of both (British definition).

Still, the risk of permanent brain damage just from trying to measure 
your pulse is... uh, worrying.

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