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The latex free PtL® (Pharyngeo-tracheal Lumen) Airway gives you and your patient all those advantages the first time you insert it. Insertion is as easy as possible, requiring only minimal skill. Even head trauma cases can be successfully intubated using the chin-lift method, without the danger of cervical manipulation. The airway works whether you intubate the trachea or esophagus. In the esophagus, it provides volume efficiencies comparable to an endotracheal tube (ETT).
Unlike an esophageal obturator airway (EOA), the PtL® Airway does not require a tight face mask seal, so it can be used in facial trauma and burn cases. And it helps protect the trachea from upper airway hemorrhage and secretions; the EOA can't.
The optimal airway - the gold standard - has always been ETT ventilation. But now, whenever effective ETT intubation is inhibited by skill levels, environment, or the patient's condition, you can still get ventilation efficiency comparable to the ETT with the PtL® Airway.
