Can emergency medical services personnel effectively place and use the Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT) airway?

Background: Various alternative airway devices have been developed in the last several years. Among these is the Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT), which was designed to function as a basic mechanical airway and as an endotracheal tube (ET) introducer for blind endotracheal intubation (ETI).

Objective: To determine the rate of successful placement of the SALT and the success rate of subsequent blind ET insertion by a cohort of emergency medical services (EMS) providers of varying levels of EMS certification.