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ZOLL X Series Monitor Defibrillator Rev H User Manual

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Avoid placing electrodes over tendons and major muscle masses.

Make sure that the ECG electrodes are placed to allow defibrillation, if necessary.

Place the precordial electrodes across the chest in the following locations:

Electrode

Placement

V1/C1

Fourth intercostal space, at the patient’s right sternal margin.

V2/C2

Fourth intercostal space, at the patient’s left sternal margin.

V3/C3

Midway between V2/C2 and V4/C4.

V4/C4

Fifth intercostal space, on the patient’s midclavicular line.

V5/C5

Patient’s left anterior axillary line, at the horizontal level of V4.

V6/C6

Patient’s left midaxillary line, at the same horizontal level as V4 and V5.