Cardiorespiratory Monitor
Alternate Terms:- Heart-Respiratory Monitor
- Heart Monitor
- Heart Rate Monitor
- Apnea Monitor
The cardiorespiratory monitor, also known as a heart monitor, is a machine that shows a constant readout of breathing, heart rhythm, and heart rate. This machine is connected by three wires (leads) to the stomach, arm or leg, and chest, with each wire resting on the skin and held in place by a small round adhesive patch.
The cardiorespiratory monitor sounds an alarm when heart or breathing rates fall above or below a safe level.
| Author: | Jeannette Curtis |
| Medical Review: | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated: May 25, 2007 | |
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