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==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 with 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.
* 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 with 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.