How many times does our heart beat a day?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Most of us know that we have a heart. We know that it beats - sometimes faster, sometimes slower. But just how many times does it beat in a day? We asked Dr. Courtney Jordan Baechler to have a heart-to-heart with us about this question. (She is also the host of the podcast Heart-to-Heart Conversations!)

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.
0:08.1	Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Mark Sanchez.
0:12.6	Um.
0:17.8	Three miles in the books.
0:20.1	Not bad for someone who hasn't run in a few weeks.
0:23.2	Let's just check the old pulse here.
0:26.1	Whoa, my heart is beating super fast.
0:29.2	Cool.
0:30.0	I must have been doing a really good job.
0:32.2	I wonder how fast my heart is actually beating.
0:35.4	Here, let me count.
0:36.9	One, two, three, four, five.
0:40.3	One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:48.3	Okay, I guess I don't have all the time on the world to count my heartbeats,
0:52.3	but, you know, I'm still pretty proud of myself.
0:55.5	Hi, I'm Brooke from River Hill, and I'm from you to Arkansas.
0:58.4	My question is, how many times does our heartbeat a day?
1:02.8	Bye.
1:03.6	Hi, I'm Courtney Jordan Beckler.
1:06.0	I'm a cardiologist, which means I'm a heart doctor.
1:09.9	I take care of mostly adult patients, but as adult cardiologist, which means I'm a heart doctor. I take care of mostly adult patients, but as adult
1:14.4	cardiologist, we learn a little bit about kids' hearts too. So how many times does our heartbeat a day?
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