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    This document provides information on heart sound and EKG lead placement including: 1) A memory trick ("All Pigs Eat Too Much") to remember the five main heart sounds and their locations. 2) Descriptions of where to place the five EKG leads on the front of the chest to monitor the heart's electrical activity. 3) The proper 12-lead placement for leads on the left side of the chest.

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    This document provides information on heart sound and EKG lead placement including: 1) A memory trick ("All Pigs Eat Too Much") to remember the five main heart sounds and their locations. 2) Descriptions of where to place the five EKG leads on the front of the chest to monitor the heart's electrical activity. 3) The proper 12-lead placement for leads on the left side of the chest.

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    This document provides information on heart sound and EKG lead placement including: 1) A memory trick ("All Pigs Eat Too Much") to remember the five main heart sounds and their locations. 2) Descriptions of where to place the five EKG leads on the front of the chest to monitor the heart's electrical activity. 3) The proper 12-lead placement for leads on the left side of the chest.

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    Heart Sounds &

    5 EKG Lead Placement

    Memory Trick
    APETM
    Heart Sounds
    “All Pigs Eat Too Much”
    AORTIC PULMONIC
    A - Aortic (2nd Intercostal Space
    (2 Intercostal Space
    nd
    P - Pulmonic L Sternal Border)
    R Sternal Border)
    E - Erb’s point
    T - Tricuspid
    M - Mitral
    TRICUSPID
    (3nd or 4th Intercostal Space
    L Sternal Border)

    ERB’S POINT
    (3rd Intercostal Space MITRAL
    L Sternal Border) (5th Intercostal Space
    Midclavicular Line)

    5 EKG Lead Placement


    QRS Complex

    R
    Memory Trick
    P PR Segment ST Segment T White on Right
    Smoke over Fire
    Brown in the Middle
    PR Interval
    Grass under sky (white)
    Q
    S
    QT Interval

    Proper 12-Lead Placement for Left Side of Chest


    v1 4th intercostal space to the right of the sternum

    v2 4th intercostal space to the left of the sternum

    v3 directly between the leads V2 & V4

    v4 5th intercostal space at midclavicular line


    v1 v2 v
    3
    v5 level with V4 at left anterior axillary line v4R v6
    v4 v5

    v6 level with V5 at left midaxilary line


    (directly under the midpoint of the armpit)
    v4R 5th intercostal space, right midclavicular line

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