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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 | ||
| − | * Once in the nasopharynx, patient should bend their head forward and drink water | + | * 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). | ||
| − | * Low output? Occlusion: flush. Sump in esophagus: CXR. No longer needed: clamp trial or gravity. | + | * Low output? |
| + | ** Occlusion: flush. | ||
| + | ** Sump in esophagus: CXR. | ||
| + | ** No longer needed: clamp trial or gravity. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:54, 2 August 2022
Practical Tips
- Warm up the tube
- Lots of lube
- Have them tilt their head up until you hit the nasopharynx
- 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
- Put a towel on the patient’s chest
Troubleshooting
- High output? Patient is drinking, or the tube has migrated into the right side (duodenum).
- Low output?
- Occlusion: flush.
- Sump in esophagus: CXR.
- No longer needed: clamp trial or gravity.