Re: ECG help

Rhiannon Hutton — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:14:42 GMT

Thanks for that guys!

Re: ECG help

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:16:42 GMT

Red: R fore

YelLow: L fore

Green: flank or left hind

Re: ECG help

Aimee Barber — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:49:47 GMT

It sounds like you can still do an ECG (think about your vital signs monitors or ultrasound machines that only have 3 leads)

Just place the leads in the normal place, you should still be able to get lead I, Lead II, Lead III. During these you are only ever using 2 leads, so the 3rd acts as the earth. If you wanted aVR, aVL & aVF you would need a 4th lead to act as ane arth. Wheter your machine still needs this you'll have to check. Really you may find you don't need the a (augmented leads) these are calculated using the other leads anyway and thenmagnified.

I guess it's up to the vets what is needed, why dont you test it on a willing human guinea pig :) I've attached a useful diagram we have by our ECG machine, it is great for trouble shooting why a particular lead isn't working.