I think you meant incorrectly placed electrical shocks.

Posted at 6:08 pm on May 26th, 2008 by Jon

I think ‘incorrectly’ would imply that you intended to shock someone in the first place, while ‘correctly’ may imply that the initial shock may be unintended, but in just the right place to cause damage. Or maybe it’s like the half full, half empty thing…

I was just curious about this kind of thing recently, and I found this really interesting… I probably wouldn’t really trust it with my life, but it would be very interesting to do…

Posted at 12:03 am on May 27th, 2008 by Michael

I’m not sure about the numbered leads, but we have colored leads at work. We use Lifepac 12s. The standard for every EKG/ECG I’ve ever seen is White on the right, Smoke over fire, and green is the last remaining line.

White lead, right arm(or upper right part of chest). Black is the same as right, just inverted. Red is the left leg lead(or the lower left part of the abdomen). The green is the same as red, just inverted.

Now the rest of the twelve lead is a numbered system. The leads start at the sternum wrap around the left breast to the mid axillary line.

On another note, the connector looks quite similar to that of the Lifepac’s. It may very well be the same connector. The Lifepac cables are (colored as mentioned)well labeled and easy to read(RL=Right leg, LA=Left Arm)

I have seen this exact model of ECG at a local hospital(in some random place, not being used of course).

Posted at 3:41 am on May 27th, 2008 by Chris

I just found a potentially informative video on youtube. This link at least tells you what lead is ground, which is positive and negative. It also gives you proper placement techniques.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA5HmQSMGHE

Posted at 3:52 am on May 27th, 2008 by Chris

BTW If you want to use this ECG on GNU/Linux, you can try “xoscope” software… It is also in Debian…

Posted at 12:46 pm on May 27th, 2008 by Harvie

Thank you everyone for your comments. I believe that I have now correctly identified the leads, and will give it a go (to see if it traces) tomorrow.
Thanks especially to the people who have emailed me with suggestions and their thoughts.

Posted at 8:39 am on Jun 1st, 2008 by Marcus