Pulse (High or Low) — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Pulse (High or Low) — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Pulse (High or Low), waiting period is pulse between 50 and 100; condition is a pulse that is regular and less than 50 will require evaluation by the regional physician; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Acceptable as long as your pulse is no more than 100 and no less than 50. A pulse that is regular and less than 50 will require evaluation by the regional American Red Cross physician.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
pulse between 50 and 100
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Pulse (High or Low)
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- pulse between 50 and 100
- Condition
- a pulse that is regular and less than 50 will require evaluation by the regional physician
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html