摘要 |
<p>A heart monitoring device (10) for use under emergency conditions including a portable housing, a pair of electrodes (20) and a pair of electrical wires (22) connecting the electrodes to the housing and to an electrical circuit carried therein. The electrodes are usable in two modes. One mode is a precordial mode wherein the electrodes are mounted on the exterior of the housing in commonly outwardly facing relation so as to be conveniently engageable with the skin of the chest of a user by manually engaging the housing and moving it with the electrodes fixed thereto into housing retained operative positions on the chest skin. The second mode is a non-precordial mode wherein the electrodes are removed from the housing and, preferably, self-retained within the armpits.</p> |