Errors inserting NG tubes can cause death
Some Kentucky residents may be interested to learn about a 52-year-old man who was taken to the hospital following a car accident. Medical personnel installed a nasogastric (NG) tube. Blood was discovered in the tube, which required the man’s stomach to be pumped. Later, doctors realized that the tube had been inserted into the man’s brain by mistake. Luckily, the man received surgery and the problem was corrected. Another patient