Using Portable EKG Monitors to Prevent Strokes

Physicians use electrocardiograms investigations in evaluation of any abnormal heart disease symptoms. Patients who may require these tests are elderly individuals who experience sudden onset of weakness or fatigue or chest pain. It can also to investigate causes of sudden onset of rapid heartbeats.

In individuals who have a strong family history of heart disease and over the age of 40 years, ECG/EKG testing are used to detect any early signs of heart disease.

The optimum methodologies used to describe a doctors analysis of EKG / ECG testing is that they provide a window to how a healthy heart would look. This is the easiest way for them to see differences in heart rhythm, heart rate and other patterns of the heart electrical impulses. In cases where a patient's heart shows abnormalities, additional testing is usually ordered to determine the nature of the problem, but first doctors will try to identify recurring patterns over time. In additions to these testing, physicians also use the ECG/EKG investigation to analyze the effects of medications or drugs.

Traditionally, 12-Lead ECG is performed at physicians clinic or in hospital. The downside to this type of testing is that it only records a few minutes of time. Since so many heart conditions are not occurring all of the time, this type of test is insufficient in detecting these problems.Also they require trained technicians to perform these investigations.

Introducing the Quinton Q4500 EKG/Stress Monitor

Have you been looking for a great deal on the Quinton Q4500 EKG/Stress Monitor but find it to be a little too expensive for you? Look no further than Davis Medical to get you this great machine at the best price! Here are some general benefits and trademarks of this system:

• Design Your Display Format
• The Quinton Q4500 gives you more flexibility in determining the appearance of the display during the stress test. Select from eight standard audio and/or visual alarms and pre-set them based on your patient's particular threshold levels.
• Filters for Cleaner Traces
• The Q4500 uses digital filters that dramatically reduce muscle artifact and baseline wander on your live ECG tracings.
• Customize Your In-test Reports The Q4500 lets you design your in-test reports in a variety of ways.
• The Q4500 allows you to easily customize your reports in an almost unlimited number of combinations.
• Pre-Edit during Your Patient's Recovery Now you can preview the final report and enter final report information while your patients are still in the recovery phase.
• Customize Your Final Reports Like many other systems, the Q4500 lets you include a summary page, interpretation, tabular report, graph page, average beat, and worst case summary for your final reports.
• For the graph section, select up to nine graph types, including a full ST/HR slope graph, HR x BP, systolic and diastolic BP, and more.

We Have EKGs!

One of the most standard pieces of medical equipment in hospitals today is the electrocardiogram (EKG) machine. This helpful machine tells doctors and nurses vital information about the state of your health. Everyone learns at a young age that the heart is an incredibly important part of the body. It is a strong muscle that pumps the blood throughout our body, distributing the vitamins and nutrients we need to stay healthy and keep our organs functioning. An EKG machine is a valuable piece of medical equipment that measures the beat of our heart by picking up on the electrical signals that tell our heart to pump blood.

Every hospital, surgical center, and health clinic has several EKG machines on hand because they not only help monitor an ailing patient, they also give medical personnel information about whether there is a defect in the heart, if a heart attack occurred, or if there is another kind of heart abnormality. However, these machines are very expensive.  If you consider that you need one of these machines available for every patient, you can see how quickly they can add up.

If you are a clinic that needs new machines, you should consider used medical equipment. Used EKG machines are much more affordable and they are in great working condition. These machines have been in use for several years and the technology has been very reliable. Therefore, it is not necessary to have the latest and the greatest version. You simply need something that works accurately. Many hospitals and clinics that are closing have equipment that is still in great shape. Biomedical repair technicians examine every piece closely, replace the parts, and make the necessary repairs so that these machines are ready for several more years of use.