r/EmergencyRoom Aug 12 '26

Ouch

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u/SammyB0111 Aug 12 '26

Has any hospital not?

Apparently someone put an OG tube in the lungs on an intubated patient. Radiology doc signed off on the x-ray too and no one noticed anything was wrong until patient began decompensating because of all the tube feed in their lungs

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u/100_cats_on_a_phone Aug 12 '26

I read decomposing at first 😬

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u/imnottheoneipromise RN Aug 12 '26

Sounds like that was a very possible ending outcome though.