Nasogastric tube

• Nasogastric Tube


  Is a thin, soft tube made of silicon and rubber that is passed through the nose down the throat and into the stomach
• Levine tube 


  single lumen tube designed to passed into the stomach or duodenum through the nose
• Salem sump tube 


  double lumen tube allows for safer continuous and intermittent gastric suctioning
• 16 or 18


  ngt size for adult
• 12 or 14 


  ngt size for pediatrics
• high Fowler 


  position for ngt insertion
• water soluble lubricant 


  lubricate the tip of the tube with _____
• hyperextend 


  as the patient to ____ his neck