Fatal inadvertent intracranial insertion of a nasogastric tube

Abstract

Primary wound care and resuscitation were done, following which he was taken for emergency computerized tomography (CT) of the head which showed comminuted fracture of the anterior cranial fossa with loss of part of the midline frontal bone and herniated brain [Figure 1]. [9] Although the insertion of NG tube is a very simple procedure with very low complication rate, the attending physician or paramedic must always ensure that there is no associated maxillofacial injury and that the correct position is always confirmed clinically (by either aspiration of gastric contents or by auscultation of air in the stomach) or radiologically.