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* Lots of lube
* Lots of lube
* Have them tilt their head up until you hit the nasopharynx
* Have them tilt their head up until you hit the nasopharynx
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* Once in the nasopharynx, patient should bend their head forward and drink water
with
a straw to swallow the tube while you gently push
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* Once in the nasopharynx, patient should bend their head forward and drink water
through
a straw to swallow the tube while you gently push
* NGT should go to suction immediately, before X-ray, regardless of policy
* NGT should go to suction immediately, before X-ray, regardless of policy
* Put a towel on the patient’s chest
* Put a towel on the patient’s chest
==Troubleshooting==
==Troubleshooting==
* High output? Patient is drinking, or the tube has migrated into the right side (duodenum).
* High output? Patient is drinking, or the tube has migrated into the right side (duodenum).
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* Low output? Occlusion: flush. Sump in esophagus: CXR. No longer needed: clamp trial or gravity.
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* Low output?
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Occlusion: flush.
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Sump in esophagus: CXR.
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No longer needed: clamp trial or gravity.
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