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ventilated, trached and pegged - GMR
Posted: Mar 28, 2012
Would it be PEGed or pegged?
how about plugged? - hmmm
[ In Reply To ..]A PEG is percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (tube), so not to be used for breathing.
Right, PEG does not fit. How about bagged? - Context, please
[ In Reply To ..]PEG seems way off. Could you provide the context and type of report?
yep for bagged - plug is what they do when they - remove air from going in the trachea
[ In Reply To ..]context is everything indeed
PEG'd ? Good question - jh
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I agree. PEG'd - Jackie
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PEG tubes NEVER belong in the same sentence as - ventilating a patient
[ In Reply To ..]Just a reminder that we want air in the lungs, not food :)
the sentence in question is stating what the patient has - could certainly have a trach and PEG in place, nm
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agree - nm
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well, - it could be but
[ In Reply To ..]It doesn't follow the sequence of events. Ventilated and trached are alike the way oranges and apples are fruit. PEG is not alike.
The typical procedure especially in an ER setting is:
Ventilate the patient (thru the oral cavity)
Create a tracheotomy (in the cervical neck)
Bag the patient (meaning use an Ambu bag to push air into the lungs)
It is the sequence of events that suggests PEG is not appropriate in the sentence. PEGs are not emergent life-support procedures and are not done to urgently save someone's life the way ventilating and traching someone is. It just does not fit.