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The patch monitor I wore had a button to push when I had symptoms or felt my heart do something.
@clwalker24 this may or may not apply but I often recommend the Afib Cure by Day and Bunch, two cardiologists. You don't apparently have afib but some of their suggestions might be of help. Lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, stress), addressing high blood pressure, weight and diabetes if present, and supplements are all mentioned. (I take magnesium which is reputed to calm things and drink low sodium V-8 for potassium (muscle cramps have stopped!).
Of course I have no way to know if those things have actually helped my afib but it isn't getting worse. I also have no way to know if those measures are at all relevant for you! @gloaming is the resident lay expert here...
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Thanks for your reply about the button on your patch. I think that might be a lot more handy to elicit contemporaneous information for the person reviewing the patch's report. What would be lacking, though, is the 'qualitative' description of what the bearer of the patch is doing at the instant he/she feels the arrythmia beginning. Walking, only on stairs, only going down stairs with its accompanying jarring....? When lifting something heavy, belching after eating....you know all the triggers we talk about all the time. The descriptive data can tell more if the arrhythmia is related to exertion or Vagus nerve tone.