So I just had heart surgery, I was under general anesthsia with a breathing tube. It was a 2 hr surgery. I remember a little bit after they gave me something in the OR to relax me, and the nurse put like heart moniter patches on my upper thighs/hips and behind my shoulders. Why did she do that? Also, the anesthiologist put like little sticky things on my forehead, he said it was to make sure of how asleep I was I think idk i forget.
Moral of my question is that why did the nurse put heart moniter stickers on my upper thighs/hips and behind my shoulders.
Oh and it was in a pediatric cath lab if that helps.
Moral of my question is that why did the nurse put heart moniter stickers on my upper thighs/hips and behind my shoulders.
Oh and it was in a pediatric cath lab if that helps.
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When we monitor EKGs, sometimes we use 3 leads (arms + chest) or 5 leads (arms + legs + chest). Because of the way the monitors work, we can put the limb leads anywhere on the limb, right up onto the chest. So, the right arm lead might go on the right wrist, or shoulder, or part of the chest close to the right shoulder.
The leg leads can go on the ankles, or thighs, or even the belly. They just have to be below the heart.
The leads can be on the chest or back, it still gives a similar tracing.
You had all of those leads placed so that the heart tracing could be followed in several leads at once. Different pictures of the electrical activity of your heart, which makes it easier to find abnormalities.
The forehead thing was for a processed EEG monitor, that can be used to measure depth af anesthesia. Sort of. Its usefulness is questionable.
The leg leads can go on the ankles, or thighs, or even the belly. They just have to be below the heart.
The leads can be on the chest or back, it still gives a similar tracing.
You had all of those leads placed so that the heart tracing could be followed in several leads at once. Different pictures of the electrical activity of your heart, which makes it easier to find abnormalities.
The forehead thing was for a processed EEG monitor, that can be used to measure depth af anesthesia. Sort of. Its usefulness is questionable.
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Hello,
I am a college student that has observed many heart surgeries. I think the electrode placements on your hips and behind your shoulders serve to give the surgeon/others in the room your vital signs (like heart beat/rate and ECG).
I am more certain about the sticky electrodes on your forehead. When you are under anesthesia, the anesthetist may check your state by sending a tiny electrical shock to your forehead. I believe if you twitch, more anesthesia is needed, and usually, no twitch would be seen.
I am a college student that has observed many heart surgeries. I think the electrode placements on your hips and behind your shoulders serve to give the surgeon/others in the room your vital signs (like heart beat/rate and ECG).
I am more certain about the sticky electrodes on your forehead. When you are under anesthesia, the anesthetist may check your state by sending a tiny electrical shock to your forehead. I believe if you twitch, more anesthesia is needed, and usually, no twitch would be seen.
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The placement of electrodes to monitor your heart rate are normally placed on the chest. However since you were having heart surgery they are placed on the back so as not to get in the way of the surgery on your chest. Monitoring heart rate is one of several vital signs that anesthesiologists monitor during surgery.
The forehead monitoring device may have been a BIS monitor which is used to look at brain activity to evaluate anesthesia levels.
The forehead monitoring device may have been a BIS monitor which is used to look at brain activity to evaluate anesthesia levels.
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Standard placements for an EKG.
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She would have been connecting you to a heart monitor.