ecg leads: the dirty dozen
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Mr. EasyG, a cartoon character, shows you the easy way to remember the direction and polarity of the 6 limb leads - the dirty half-dozen- important to localize the part of heart affected by the disease process(e.g. inferior infarct) and to determine the electrical axis of the heart.TRANSCRIPT
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ECG leads: The Dirty ECG leads: The Dirty DozenDozen
Conventionally,
12 leads or sets of electrodes
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ECG leads: The ECG leads: The DirtyDirty Dozen Dozen
DirectionPolarity
Why do I need to know these details ??
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Because the Because the DirtyDirty Dozen Dozen
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1. determine deflections of the ECG2. detect direction of depolarization
wave Deviation of cardiac axis3. detect (or localize) the diseased or
disordered part of the heart
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Hi, I’m EasyG. I’ll show you to work out the
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Direction &Polarity
the 6 limb leads in the frontal plane
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the 6 limb leads in the frontal plane
Lead I
aVL
Lead III Lead II
aVR
aVF
monitoring the heart from different electrical perspectives
It’s not fair to label us the dirty half-dozen
The other half-dozen are on the chest – the 6 chest leads
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Where shall we start forming a triangle? The top, of course,
since we always read from top downwards
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Which arm shall we move first ? Ah!! The right arm!! as most of us are right-handed
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So, make a fist. And make your 1st move.Swing up your arm.
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The 1st move, the top border of a triangle
so its Lead IThe fist always is the
(+)ve electrode
The shoulder the (-)ve electrode
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The 2nd move, swing your arm down to form the 2nd border
… its Lead II
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Now it’s the left arm’s job to make a 3rd move and close the triangle
… its Lead III
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Raise the right fist like this
… its aVR
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Raise the left fist like this, it’s…
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Stomp the ground with your left foot,it’s…
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Once more!!!
Action!
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I
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II
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III
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aVR
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aVL
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aVF
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Lead I
aVL
Lead III Lead II
aVR
aVF
Got it?Thanks !!!