Procedure
Introduction
and consent Introduce yourself to the patient and identify their correct details. Explain
the procedure to the patient and gain their consent.
Cup of water
Wash your hands and don a set of gloves. If you suspect the risk of
Infection
vomiting is high, you should consider wearing face and eye protection as
control
well as a disposable apron.
With the nasogastric tube -
measure from the patients nose to
their earlobe and then to the
epigastric region.
Measure
required
length of
nasogastric
tube
Finish Thank the patient; correctly dispose of clinical waste and wash your hands.
Record
Document
Dr Danny McAuley
Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Medicine & Therapeutics
Dr MK Traynor
Head of Division (UGNS)
Undergraduate Nursing Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Queen's University Belfast
&
Dr Ian Bickle
SpR in Radiology
North Trent Radiology
Specialist Registrar scheme