For population 25 years and over in Brookside Village: 1  High school or higher: 85.1%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%. 4  Unemployed: 6.6%.
airway. 1  an air route equipped with emergency landing fields, beacon lights, radio beams, etc. 2  a passageway by which air passes from the nose or mouth to the air sacs of the lungs. 3  Medicine/Medical. a tubelike device used to maintain adequate, unobstructed respiration, as during general anesthesia.
An endotracheal tube is one of the ways that upper airway obstruction can be managed in an emergency, because it goes into the windpipe (trachea) and provides a route for air exchange. However, it's important to identify the cause of the obstruction: obesity, sleep apnea, enlarged tonsils, cancer, or a large thyroid gland are among possible causes.