Stomach Tube Considerations

1. Observation: Always inspect the ward, ask the patient, observe whether the patient's stomach tube is blocked or prolapsed; whether the patient has nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, oral or nasopharyngeal mucosa, or constipation.

2. Oral care:

Keep your mouth clean and moist every day,

3. Clean the nostrils.

4. Guidance after intubation:

Inform the patient that there will be a foreign body sensation in the throat after the nasogastric tube is indwelled, which is a normal body reaction. If the condition changes, the nasogastric tube can be removed after eating.

Too small will affect the treatment effect

When indwelling the gastric tube decompression, the nurse should fix the drainage tube to inform the patient to prevent the tube from being twisted or blocked when turning over or moving. The nursing staff should guide or assist the patient to get out of bed, correctly open the connection part, and clamp the stomach. tube. Patients should not adjust the negative pressure by themselves. If the pressure is too large or too small, it will affect the treatment effect. The gastrointestinal pressure reducer should be dumped in time (per shift) or with 50 syringes, and the color and quantity of the drainage should be recorded to maintain the gastrointestinal tract. The patency of the pressure reducer, gastrointestinal decompression retention time depends on the condition, such as anal exhaust, abdominal distension disappears, bowel sounds recovery, timely notification to medical staff, can not remove the stomach tube.