How should an NGT be placed?
- Use lubrication and have suction up on the bed
- Use anesthetic to numb nose
- Place head in flexion
- Ask patient to drink a small amount of water when the tube is in the back of the throat and to swallow the tube; if the patient can talk without difficulty and succus returns, the tube should be in the stomach (Get an x-ray if there is any question about position)