• A current referral from your GP or specialist
• Medicare card and any concession cards as well as private health insurance details

• Wear a loose-fitting shirt or top as the technician will need access to the chest area

• Your skin will be clean and prepared for ECG electrode placements (Your chest may be shaved in small areas if required)
• ECG dots are placed across your chest
• The dots may be secured with tape (Please advise the technician if you have any allergies to tapes etc)
• Once the electrodes are in place, the technician will put the Holter monitor on and explain how to take care of it.

Do your usual activities while you wear the monitor with these exceptions:

• Don’t bathe, shower or swim while wearing the monitor.
• Don’t have X-rays while wearing the monitor.
• Stay away from metal detectors or large magnets.
• Don’t scratch around the dots
• Should an electrode fall off simply tape it back down
• Please reconnect any leads if they become disconnected

The technician will show you how to press the event button on the Holter monitor if you feel any of the following symptoms

• Chest pain
• Shortness of breath
• Skipping, racing or palpating heartbeats
• Generally unwell

The monitor is not painful to wear and has no associated risks.

• After the test period, please return to Central Park Specialist Centre and the technician will remove the monitor. They will upload the recording of your heart activity into the computer and prepare a report for your doctor.  You should get the results of the test from your referring doctor in approximately one week.

• Once your Holter monitor has been removed you are free to leave