How to Perform an ECG / Electrocardiogram - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

How to Perform an ECG / Electrocardiogram - Clinical Skills - Dr Gill

Whilst perhaps not a core day to day skill of the medic, being able to take an ECG is a valuable skill. Although perhaps less than the interpretation of the ECG which we will look to cover in another video

The ECG or Electrocardiogram is a core part of any cardiology examination, and thus would expect to undertake in order to complete the cardiac exam - as can be seen here

This video will go over the ECG lead placement for a 12 lead electrocardiogram.

The 12 lead ECG consists of 6 chest leads - lead V1-V6 and four cables to the limbs, allowing the recording of 6 limb leads, leads I, II, III, aVF, aVR and aVL

#DrGill #ECG #ClinicalSkills

00:00 - Introduction & Patient Verification
00:30 - Placing Chest Leads
01:39 - Placing Limb Leads
02:03 - Machine Setup
02:36 - Attaching Chest Leads
03:02 - Attaching Limb Leads & Starting the ECG
03:58 - Conducting the ECG Test
04:17 - Reviewing ECG Results
04:32 - Removing ECG Leads & Conclusion

[danscrivens]

I don’t know why but when he yeeted his shirt away and Dr Gill watched it fly I really laughed

[Skopji]

2:20 - Everyone's too distracted by the shirt throw to notice Dr. Gil almost type in visit ID "666" before stopping at the last second and realizing "66" should do.

[jessmarie]

These guys keep coming up with interesting ways to take off and put away their shirts 😂

[antm]

Dr Gill like “where the hell you putting that shirt?” 0:34

[HaydnG]

He absolutely yeeted that shirt like I've never seen

[MsYunaFires]

'asked to do an examination of yourself' gets me every time. Its a very formal phrasing that I haven't heard outside of Dr. Gill's videos.

[Pixel_Conjurer]

LMAO!! Dr. Gill's face said it all - "Alrighty, you'll be pick that up then. NOT IN THIS OFFICE, SIR!"

[jacobgraham]

Best Friday the 13th ever! Thanks, Dr. Gill!

[falkym]

finally, I can say that it's something in my field, biomedical engineering :) love all your videos, but now I really see how helpful they are. Thank you Doctor, keep up the wonderful work please! :)

[dgnumero]

Safe to say Mickey Mouse is still going strong 💪

[racey_biatch_]

The way he threw his shirt at the beginning and Dr. Gill just watched it fly away
And the way he went to find it at 5:01

[nickdaora]

I'm a simple man: I see a new video of Doctor Gill, I watch the new video of Doctor Gill

[markmccallum]

"Following this lie detector test, I can confirm that you were telling the truth and that your name is Dave."

[evaharrison]

Determined throw 7/10

And your back with the sports science crossover! Nice to see. Might be a month away from graduating, but good to see I remember some of this ECG stuff 🤣🤣

[AJ_real]

Man, this is epic. Woah that tablet prints. I'm so easy to please haha.

[thekow]

After all those times he recommended an ECG he finally does a video on it.

[lukesherringlucas]

This guy always yeets his shirts like it’s his signature move, shirt man

[adentzya]

Thank you Dr Gill! As a band 3 I always struggle with ecg, this is really helpful! ❤️

[karlamaearbasto]

My 7yo daughter is scheduled to take an ECG test soon and she wanted to know how it works and what she should expect. I already experienced taking an ECG test before so I tried describing it to her the best I could but she started crying, afraid that it might hurt. I think I poorly chose my words maybe because my experience wasn't very pleasant (I thought that's how ECG normally works). After I saw this video and showed it to her, she then became smug and said "I can do that!" I'm happy there's a simple video like this to show her. It sounds like she'll be okay and she's also confident now on top of not crying anymore. I hope we won't have a problem doing it soon. Thank you for showing this to us.

[CaptainSweatpants]

Whoah, Dr. Gill, there was clear malpractice here! The patient confirmed their name in the beginning, but it was clearly not the patient you were meant to examine, as we can see at around 2:10, the patient that was meant to receive the treatment was Mr. Mouse Mickey! Hope there are no legal consequences for you or anything!