![]() You know it's a med port/single chamber tube & not not a vent on a dual chamber tube when the feed leaks out immediately. If you aren't sure open the second port for a brief moment while running the continuous feed. The feed is paused while you administer medications. You flush pre post medication with the amount of water ordered by the physician. The second port is for med administration (oral syringes or slip tip syringes fit nicely) but the meds can be administered via 60 mL or Toomey syringe in the main port. The two channel tubes are because the tube is designed to be connected to suction for emptying or gastric lavage.Ī PEG or other gastrostomy tube may be vented with a 60mL syringe but is rarely if ever connected to suction so there is no second channel. ![]() PEG and other more permanent tubes there aren't two channels (one in for feeds/meds the other to vent). PEG or other gastrostomy tubes are not continually vented unlike Salem sump tubes used for gastric decompression, lavage or in a pinch feeding) ![]() In a Salem sump tube the smaller port is a vent in most PEG tubes or GB extensions the smaller port is for medications as it empties directly into the same channel. I would not be giving it via the (gas)y port.īut yes, always put the feed on hold prior to giving meds and flushingĭepends on the tube. I have always been taught to give meds via the feed port due to the risk of it clogging the feed tube. Generally the smaller outlet is the gas port so named to allow regular passing of flatulence ![]()
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