Category: EMT
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If you, like me, have never internalised the whole ‘Hi I See…’/HIS thing for areas of the heart…
If you, like me, have never internalised the whole HISS thing for areas of the heart and are fed up with people telling you it’s easy, or to visualise it, STOP trying. Keep it simple. People think this is simple but it is only for them. Instead, think about where you apply the ECG leads. Visualise that.
V1 and V2 are placed on the sternum. You can think sternum for septal, or ‘high anterior’ (as they are high up on the front of the chest).
Leads v3 and v4 are placed on the front of the chest. They are anterior.
To see where leads V5 and V6 go, you have to turn an image of the heart to the left. They are lateral leads!
To remember the limb leads, inFerior is avF, which has two more: ii, and iii. Now all you need to remember is that lateral is I and avL.
Does it work for you? Let me know. Now to go back and tell my old student paramedic self….
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Dig a Little Into the Research on Caffeine and Hypertension and You’ll Notice It’s a Bit of a Minefield
Not convinced? Add your thoughts below.
Links, in the order in which they appear:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/13/3060
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Join Us as a Patient Voice on Our Mission to Improve Health Literacy for Patients
Why, you ask? Because health literacy levels in this country are shockingly low – seriously, check out this map. Adults in the UK struggle to understand and interpret health information.
Read about Article 999’s mission to improve this (once there, click on the ‘about Article 999 for patients’ tab).
Article 999 is posting ‘what to do when’ style posts, tips and useful resources, and we are collating our own collection of resources including charities that offer mentoring. This collection is for you to search and learn and for clinicians to know what is out there to signpost you to. We have also had patient voices, including Alexandra Adams, posting about their health conditions to help others and to inform us from their own voice.
But we can’t do this alone. Article 999 is in need of patient voices – people who want to write about their experience of their health conditions and when they find they need to call emergency services, and what type of support they wish existed. We also need healthcare professionals including paramedics and physios who are keen to improve health literacy by providing carefully curated content that educates and improves understanding in our patients. Are you interested in these voluntary roles? If so, get in touch by emailing us at article999uk[at]gmail[dot]com. If you are an HCPC registered healthcare professional, remember that contributing to this project will help you achieve your updated HCPC standards of proficiency in relation to health promotion (standard 15.1). If you find it easier to have a certificate to upload as evidence of your contributions, we can provide one for you.
