Okay, and that's perfectly fine. I respect your opinion as a paramedic. However, I follow the protocols set by my squad medical director who just so happens to be an MD that doesn't have any issues with it.^_^
One more time...
By your protocols, are you intubating only the pulseless patient that is a "code"? Or, a patient that could also tolerate a King or Combitube in respect to absent gag?