Objective Comparative study of gastric tube implantation at different times in patients with invasive mechanical ventilation. Methods Random sampling was used to divide 160 patients who were incubated with mechanical ventilation at the hospital into two groups,There were 80 patients in each group. Two groups of patients were routinely placed gastric tube by a stationary nurse.The observation group was treated with ordinary silica gel stomach tube at early stage(immediately)after trachea cannula, the control group still used the ordinary silica gel stomach tube after the trachea cannula late (24 hours later).The one-time successful rate,the total successful rate,the operation time and the result of the two Methods were observed in the two groups. Results The observation group Placing stomach tube one-time successful rate and the total successful rate was 75% (60/80), 97.5% (78/80), significantly higher than the control group 27.5%(22/80),72.5%(58/80),the difference was statistically significant(χ2=36.12, 19.61,P<0.01).The operation time of gastric tube in observation group was(1.49 ± 0.45)min,which was significantly lower than that of control group(3.07 ± 0.32)min,the difference was statistically significant (t=25.48,P<0.01).The observation group only heard gurgling not pumped to the gastric juice of 10 cases (12.50%), only smoke into the gastric juice does not hear the gurgling in 0 cases, both in 70 cases (87.50%),both in 0 cases,the control group were 37 cases(46.25%),0 cases,40 cases(50.00%),3 cases (3.75%). There were significant differences between the 2 groups in determining the success of gastric tube placement,and the difference was statistically significant(χ2=39.36,P<0.01). Conclusions After the trachea cannula,the ordinary silica gel gastric tube was placed in the early stage(immediately),which improved the successful rate of gastric tube placement in the mechanical ventilation patients, Shortened the operation time,improved the work efficiency and alleviated the patient's pain.