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I am having a unit test on the 9th and am having a problem frinding diagrams of anteriort torso images on where to place the leads - I thought an EKG onlu had 6 leads but all I can find are twelve. Anyone know A LINK THAT MIGHT HELP ME FIND ONE? PLEASE HELP!!! THanks:typing

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I AM ALSO TERRIBLE AT CARDIAC, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF READING AND ARE ON THE CARDIAC FLOOR THIS WHOLE SEMESTER IF ANYONE HAS WORDS OF WISDOM PLEAAAASE HELP - IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!:loveya::loveya::loveya::banghead: ANY WEBSITES YOU KNOWOF WOULD REALLY HELP OUT - I JUST WANT A PICTURE OF THE CHEST AND THE LEADS PLACED THAT'S ALL....

IF I COULD HOOK UP WITH SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT! I'M SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE RN IN DECEMBER 08 - SO I'M ALMOST DONE AND NEED SOME HELP IF ANYONE HAS TIME

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Here's a good one:

http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/ecg_outline/Lesson1/lead_dia.html

The EKG most commonly done in a clinic setting is a 12-lead EKG, but it typically only utilizes 10 electrodes (stickies) to give you the 12 views.

When a patient is placed on a cardiac monitor, those often just require 3-5 electrodes and they can usually show 3+ leads.

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pictures of the chest and lead placement. we had a little phrase we used which i can never remember because it was so long ago that went something like "white [white electrode - right shoulder] on right, smoke [black electrode - left shoulder] over fire [red electrode - below the black electrode on the chest] (for the 3 lead placement):

the ekg weblinks are on this thread:

and here:

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