How do I turn off my heart monitor?

Q: Can I take my heart monitor off?

Dont take the Holter monitor off — it must be worn during the entire recording period, even while sleeping. Water can damage a Holter monitor. Dont swim, shower or bathe for the entire time youre wearing a Holter monitor.

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How the test is done
Risks and possible complications
Special instructions
After the test
Can I take my heart monitor off?
How do you turn a Holter off?
What does the button on a heart monitor do?

A Holter (HOLE ter) monitor is a small device (about the size of a deck of cards). It is used to get a 24-hour record (tracing) of your child’s heart rate and rhythm. The monitor will show anything unusual about his or her heartbeat. It does not hurt.

How the test is done

Your child will come to the hospital to get his Holter monitor. After the monitor is recording, you may take him home.

The skin on your child’s chest will be cleaned in three to five areas with an alcohol swab. A sticker (electrode) attached to a wire by a snap will be placed on the chest in each of the cleaned areas (Picture 1). The wires will then be attached to the Holter monitor, which your child will wear inside a small carrying case. The case fits on a belt at the child’s waist or over the shoulder on a strap.

The Holter monitor collects and saves a record of your child’s heart beats.

You will hear a series of beeps for one minute when the monitoring period starts. The beeps tell you the device is recording. A green light on the monitor will flash during the 24-hour recording period. The monitor will shut off by itself at the end of the 24 hours.

You will be given a diary to record your child’s activities while he or she wears the monitor. Please record times asleep and awake, physically active and quiet times, and times that the child takes medicine. Also, record any symptoms that occur while your child is wearing the monitor. You will press the square button on the carrying case to document the symptom in the recorded data.

Risks and possible complications

Patients may have mild reactions to the electrodes. This can cause redness, itching or a faint rash at the site of the electrode that will fade with time after the electrodes have been removed.

If an electrode loosens during monitoring, please replace it with a new (spare) electrode you will be given at the time you get the monitor. If the wire comes off, simply snap it back onto the electrode. You will be given a diagram to show the correct color and location of each wire.

Special instructions

Do not let your child take a shower or a bath, or go swimming with the monitor on.
The child can wash his or her hair in the sink as long as the chest remains dry.
Do not remove the monitor until the 24-hour recording period is completed.

After the test

After the monitoring period is finished, remove the electrodes from your child’s chest and throw them away. Immediately place the wires, Holter monitor, case, strap and diary in the self-addressed, postage-paid priority mail box that you got along with the Holter monitor and mail back to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Activity

Your child should do all normal activities while wearing the monitor unless his or her doctor tells you otherwise.

It takes about 10 days for the test results to be completed once we get the monitor back. When the report is ready, your child’s doctor will discuss the test results with you, along with any plans for more medical care.

Holter Monitor (PDF)

The default value for the Wrist Heart Rate setting is Auto. The device automatically uses the wrist-based heart rate monitor unless you pair an ANT‍+® heart rate monitor to the device.

From the heart rate widget, hold MENU.
Select Heart Rate Options > Status > Off.

For the vívoactive® 3 device, the default value for the Heart Rate setting is Auto. The device automatically uses the wrist-based heart rate monitor unless you pair a chest heart rate monitor to the device.

NOTE: Disabling the wrist-based heart rate monitor also disables your VO2 max. estimate, intensity minutes, and the all-day stress feature.

NOTE: Disabling the wrist-based heart rate monitor also disables the on-wrist detection feature for Garmin Pay™ payments, and you must enter a passcode before making each payment (Garmin Pay).

Can I take my heart monitor off?

Don't take the Holter monitor off — it must be worn during the entire recording period, even while sleeping. Water can damage a Holter monitor. Don't swim, shower or bathe for the entire time you're wearing a Holter monitor.

How do you turn a Holter off?

♥ Disconnect the tape and ECG electrodes from your chest. ♥ Place the monitor in a plastic bag. ♥ Return the monitor to MonashHeart at the time and hospital specified by the cardiac technologist. En ♥ The monitor will turn off on its own.

What does the button on a heart monitor do?

When you feel symptoms, you press a button to activate the device. The device will then save the ECG from shortly before, during, and for a time after your symptoms begin. Some event monitors start on their own if they detect abnormal heart rhythms.