5-Lead 3-Channel Electrode Placement Chart (for VX3):

Red: Channel 1,2 (-); Place on the Center of the Manubrium, the top of the sternum.
Green: Ground; Place on the lower right rib margin over bone, opposite V5 position.
White: Channel 3 (-); Place at approximately 1 inch right of the Xiphoid Process on the rib, which is right side below V1 position, at the bottom of the rib cage.
Black: Channel 2,3 (+); Place on the left Anterior Axillary line 6th rib, V5 position on a rib.
Brown: Channel 1 (+); Place on the left Mid-Clavicular line 6th rib, left side at V3 position on a rib.

Channel Designation
Channel 1: Red - Brown
Channel 2: Red - Black
Channel 3: White - Black.
Patient Instructions:

Advise the patient how to fill out the patient diary and use the "event" button.

Instruct the patient to avoid:
- Getting the recorder wet (no showers, baths or swimming. Be careful not to drop the recorder in the toilet, etc)
- Getting too much electrical interference (avoid electric blankets, heating pads, waterbed heaters, etc)
- Artifact (don’t push or pull on electrodes)