Patent ID: 8369924

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a chest strip having dimensions suitable for a chest of a newborn, the chest strip comprising (1) an indicator for a placement of the chest strip on the chest of a newborn relative to a sternum of the newborn so that a V1 precordial lead will be in a 4th intercostal space on a right sternal border and V2 precordial lead will be in a 4th intercostal space on a left sternal border and (2) a plurality of precordial leads positioned to correspond with desired lead placement for an electrocardiogram; and a plurality of retractable limb leads including a right arm limb lead and a left arm limb lead coupled to the chest strip and extendable therefrom from an unextended configuration, wherein such limb leads are biased to retract and return to the unextended configuration.