Understanding the ECG Display

6 ECG, Arrhythmia, and ST Monitoring

Understanding the ECG Display

Your display may be configured to look slightly different.

 

1 mV calibration bar

Pace pulse marks

Defibrillator synchronization marks

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EASI lead placement label

Current heart rate alarm limits

Current heart rate

ECG numeric: This is derived from the monitored ECG.

Pace pulse markers: These are shown if the Paced status has been set to Yes and the patient has a paced signal.

Defibrillator synchronization marks: If an HP/Agilent/Philips defibrillator is connected, the synchronization marks (vertical lines on the ECG wave) are shown on the ECG wave.

ST numerics in ECG wave: ST numerics can be configured to show underneath the ECG wave on the bottom left.

Monitoring Paced Patients

An ECG optimized for monitoring a paced patient should look like this:

Normal Beats

Pace Pulses/Beats

You should choose a lead as primary or secondary lead that has these characteristics:

•the normal QRS should be either completely above or below the baseline and it should not be biphasic. For paced patients, the QRS complexes should be at least twice the height of pace pulses.

•the QRS should be tall and narrow

•the P-waves and the T-waves should be less than 0.2 mV.

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