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- 1). Place your fingers at the top of the sternum and run them down until you reach a boney lump. This is the angle of Louis. Move your fingers into the rib space on the right side of this point.
- 2). Move down two rib spaces to the fourth intercostal space and place the first electrode tab. This is V1.
- 3). Locate the fourth intercostal space on the left side of the sternum and place the tab for V2.
- 4). Slip your fingers down into the fifth intercostal space and line them up with the middle of the left clavicle, mid-clavicular line. Place the V4 tab here.
- 5). Place the V3 tab midway between V2 and V4.
- 6). Run your fingers along the fifth intercostal space to the beginning of the axilla. This is in line with the front of the shoulder. V5 will be placed here.
- 7). Follow further around the fifth intercostal space to the mid-axilla, or middle of the armpit. Place the V6 tab here.
- 8). Place the tab for aVR on the right wrist, tab for aVL on the left wrist and tab for aVF on the left foot.
- 9). Stick a tab for the N lead on the right foot.
- 10
Connect the corresponding wires from the ECG machine to the respective tabs.
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