Portable EKGs?

Hey all! I have a question. I have been thinking of getting a portable 3 lead EKG for play. I have seen a couple of them on ebay but I do not know if anyone has more experience in this and if you all have recommendations as to what would be good to get.

Thanks!

I,m interested too especialy remote viewing/ bluetooth

As you're going to use it for play, all that's really necessary is a real time display and the BEEP. That said, if it does those 2 things, is small enough and priced right, just do it.

I've got a Contec CMS-VESD which is a two-lead ECG and it has a finger pulse oximeter attachment. The ECG electrodes are on the back of the instrument and you have to hold it against the patient's chest. It was cheap, and sort of works, but the positioning on the chest has to be done very carefully to get any reliable sort of ECG trace. I would recommend getting even a simple ECG that has pads and wires back to the instrument instead of this all-in-one design.

What's the price range for portable EKGs?

@ Sydplaydoc: I have seen a number of those units on ebay that are the two lead that go on the chest. I was definitely looking more towards a 3 lead as its a bit more convenient to use I feel, though the concept of the 2 lead sounds interesting.

Depending on the unit, looks like I could easily be spending upwards of $150 on it, but I'll do some more searching to see if I can come up with something less!

Hi for 400 usd you can get a pretty good 12 lead ECG with 3 channel printout 😃

Makes automatic measurement and diagnosis proposal.

I almost bought a portable 3-lead ECG monitor from Ebay when I dropped lucky and found an old but working 3-lead hospital machine. It cost only £21. Bargain!

There are some pretty good software programs out there you can put on your laptop and essentially have a 12-lead EKG of very good quality and printing capability. I don't know the cost of these, but you could probably pay as much for a used machine that may or may not work properly or last very long. I'd look into that software and compare prices.