Electrocardiograph
- Created by: sadlergeorgia
- Created on: 14-06-15 16:27
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- Electrocardiograph (ECG)
- used to find a heart trace
- picks up electrical impulses though heart
- electrodes used to detect activity of heart
- attached using sticky pads
- chests, wrists, and ankles
- see what is happening in whole circulatory system
- chests, wrists, and ankles
- attached using sticky pads
- results fed through a machine
- produces a graph
- on screen or paper
- PQRST wave
- normal wave patterns are always the same
- abnormal wave pattern may have inverted areas or missing peaks
- produces a graph
- quick, painless, non invasive
- inconclusive and requires further tests
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