A medical lanyard for securing a feeding tube to a patient, increasing patient maneuverability, and protecting against unintended removal of the feeding tube is provided. The medical lanyards are worn around a patients neck or clipped to the patients clothing. The medical lanyard securely suspends a feeding tube port connector and the corresponding feeding tube while providing for easy disconnect of the feeding tube port connector/feeding tube combination from either the necklace or the clip, or from the nutrient supply. The medical lanyards also provide for protection of the feeding tube stomach insertion point so that it is not compromised when tension is applied between the feeding tube port connector/feeding tube combination and either the remainder of the medical lanyard or the nutrient supply.
