Since I was gifted an EKG for Christmas (or pre-Christmas, really), but never really had many opportunities to play with it, I've recently been working to figure out the inner workings of it a little better.
As Rachel is a nurse, she was able to help me to understand some of the nuances a little bit better and of course was also a willing volunteer.
While playing with it, I got curious if they use the same EKGs on animals and after some quick Google searching, it turns out that they do. The leads are just configured a little differently.
So we did some research and figured out specifically which leads are used for dogs and where they're specifically attached. While we got some basic readings from the machine, we couldn't get a consistent heart rhythm on Atti and figured that it had to do with her thick fur.
I should note that Atti was a surprisingly calm patient.
One of Rachel's sisters is a veterinarian and so she is going to ask her what we're doing wrong, but I'm determined to see Atti's heart rhythm now.
