Male staff-Female Pt. - ECG

Specialties Emergency

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How do you handle this situation? I'm a male RN and I find that some women are not happy when I enter the room with the ECG machine. Another issue-how do you deal with breasts that cover the area where you need to place the V leads?

Specializes in Tele, ICU, ER.

I'm female and when I do EKGs on females, I'm ALWAYS careful to keep them covered. I always say "pardon me" as I nudge something out of the way, and if it's rather large, I'll ask the patient "would you mind holding this for me?". They always get a giggle out of that. But I don't expose them unnessessarily. Incidently, I try to connect the wires so they all come out in one place to the side of the gown so the patient isn't "wrapped" in wires. I've seen some poor souls afraid to reposition themselves for fear of getting strangled by a lead wire LOL. Always fix that for 'em.

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