Lead Me!
These are limb leads that lead view the heart's current traveling between two limbs.
What are bipolar leads
This lead measures current traveling from the right arm to the left arm and the positive pole is to the left leg.
What is Lead I
This means augmented voltage
What is aV?
These are the spaces between the ribs
What is the intercostal spaces?
4th intercostal space, right sternal border
What is V1 Lead?
Leads in which the EKG machine must increase the size of the waves and complexes
What are Augmented leads.
This lead measures current traveling from the right arm to the left leg and the location of the positive pole is the left leg.
What is the Lead II?
This lead measures current traveling from the right arm and location of the positive pole is the right arm
What is the aVR lead?
This is an imaginary line down the middle of the collarbone
What is midclavicular line?
This is the 4th intercostal space, left sternal border
What is the V2 Lead?
Leads with only one positive pole
What are Unipolar leads?
This lead measures current traveling from the left arm to left leg and the location of the positive pole is the left leg.
What is Lead III?
This lead measures current traveling from the left arm and the location of positive pole left arm
What is the aVL lead?
Is an imaginary line down from the front of the armpit
What is the anterior axillary line?
Between V2 and V4
What is V3 Lead?
These leads view the heart's current from the frontal plane, top, bottom, right to left.
What are Frontal leads?
If you join Leads I, II, and III at the middle
What is the triaxial diagram?
This lead measures current traveling from the left leg and the location of positive pole left leg
What is the aVF lead?
This is an imaginary line down from the middle of the axilla?
What is the midaxillary line?
5th intercostal space, midclavicular line and anterior line
What are V4 and V5 Leads?
These are 6 unipolar leads to the chest, they view the heart's current from the horizontal plane-anterior to posterior
What are Precordial leads
If you add Lead I and Lead III = Lead II
What is the Einthoven's Law?
if all the frontal leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, and aVF are joined at the center.
What is the hexiaxial diagram?
A method of monitoring a patients rhythm remotely
What is telemetry?
5th intercostal space, midaxllary line
What is V6 Lead?