rhythm strip

[jok200]

how does one determine which lead to use as the rhythm strip?


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[Soccer171983]

I often see lead 2 used at many hospitals I rotated at.

 

[RustedFox]

any one will do, really.. but yeah, lead II or lead V5 is the one that I see most commonly on monitors and the like.

 

[Arcan57]

So you're getting a rhythm strip to identify the rhythm. So which lead allows you to easily identify the p-wave, the QRS complex, and (to a lesser extent) the T-wave? That's the one to run. Leads II or III tend to be the default on most monitors, but if your p-wave is low amplitude or isoelectric then switch until you find a lead that you can clearly identify the components of cardiac conduction.

 

[Rendar5]

So you're getting a rhythm strip to identify the rhythm. So which lead allows you to easily identify the p-wave, the QRS complex, and (to a lesser extent) the T-wave? That's the one to run. Leads II or III tend to be the default on most monitors, but if your p-wave is low amplitude or isoelectric then switch until you find a lead that you can clearly identify the components of cardiac conduction.

V1 is a good one usually to, but, what he said.

 

[pinipig523]

II is the one used a lot I think. Frankly, I'm a fan of V1 especially when you're looking at tachydysrrhythmias.