Pilot’s routine medical shows how ECG machine comments can be wrong

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Pilot’s routine medical shows how ECG machine comments can be wrong

Chris Ellis

Wednesday 14 March 2018, 08:02 AM

A commercial pilot’s routine medical exam illustrates some of the factors affecting “axis deviation”. Auckland cardiologist Chris Ellis describes how the axis of an ECG is influenced and how it should be read

Key points, Many practitioners have been taught to use leads I and aVF to determine the ECG axis; an easier and better way is to use leads I and II. Minor a

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