Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring ECG/ RESP
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WARNING
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.
13.3.2 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.)
Electrode placement for 3-lead set
Take the American standard for example, see Figure 13-1:
Red (R) electrode - Be placed near the right shoulder, directly below the clavicle.
Yellow (L) electrode - Be placed near the left shoulder, directly below the clavicle.
Green (F) electrode - Be placed on the left hypogastrium.
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