Placing Electrodes For Ecg Monitoring - EDAN iM8 Series User Manual

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1 Placed the electrode carefully and ensure a good contact.
2 Check every day whether there is skin irritation resulted from the ECG electrodes. If
yes, replace electrodes every 24 hours or change their sites.
3 Check if the lead connection is correct before monitoring. If you unplug the ECG
cable from the socket, the screen will display the error message "ECG LEAD OFF"
and the audible alarm is activated.
NOTE:
For protecting environment, the used electrodes must be recycled or disposed of
properly.

12.3.2 Placing Electrodes for ECG Monitoring

NOTE:
The following table gives the corresponding lead names used in Europe and America
respectively. (Lead names are represented by R, L, F, N, C, C1-C6 in Europe, whose
corresponding lead names in America are RA, LA, LL, RL, V, V1-V6.)
AHA (America Standard)
Lead Mode
RA
LA
LL
RL
V
V1
V2
V3
V4
V5
V6
Electrode placement for 3-lead set
Take the American standard for example, see Figure 12-1:
Red (R) electrode - Be placed near the right shoulder, directly below the clavicle.
WARNING
Color
White
Black
Red
Green
Brown
Brown/ Red
Brown/ Yellow
Brown/ Green
Brown/Blue
Brown/Orange
Brown/Purple
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IEC (Europe Standard)
Lead Mode
R
L
F
N
C
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
ECG/ RESP Monitoring
Color
Red
Yellow
Green
Black
White
White/ Red
White/ Yellow
White/ Green
White/ Brown
White/ Black
White/ Purple