Recording An Ecg; Placing The Electrodes; Electrode Identification And Colour Code - Schiller CARDIOVIT CS-104 User Manual

4

Recording an ECG

4.1

Placing the Electrodes

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4 Recording an ECG
 Ensure that neither the patient nor the leading parts of the patient connection nor
the electrodes (including the neutral electrodes) come in contact with other
persons or conductive objects, even when these are earthed.
4.1 Placing the Electrodes
• Electrode placement assistance and electrode check is also given in the ECG ac-
quisition screen
page 60).
• The IEC or AHA lead cable is set in ECG settings
132).
4.1.1

Electrode Identification and Colour Code

The electrode placements shown in this section are labelled with the colours
according to Code 1 (IEC) requirements. The equivalent Code 2 (AHA) colours are
given below.
Limb
Chest
according
to Wilson
Neutral
(see para. 4.3, Hookup Screen, Electrode Placement and Check,
Code 1 (IEC)
IEC Label Colour
R Red
L Yellow
F Green
C1 White / Red
C2 White / Yellow
C3 White / Green
C4 White / Brown
C5 White / Black
C6 White / Violet
N Black
CARDIOVIT CS-104
(see para. 11.11, ECG, page
Code 2 (AHA)
AHA Label Colour
RA White
LA Black
LL Red
V1 Brown / Red
V2 Brown / Yellow
V3 Brown / Green
V4 Brown / Blue
V5 Brown / Orange
V6 Brown / Violet
RL Green