How to Use airway in a Sentence

airway

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  • Choking occurs when food or small objects get caught in the throat and block the airway.
    — Lauren Harrison, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Petty opened her airway and used her brother's shirt to apply pressure to her wound.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Despite this, paramedics were unable to clear Buss’ airways, the outlet added.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Iran responded by sending planeloads of food and allowing Qatar airways to fly over its land.
    — Allen Fromherz / Made By History, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Sein went through multiple surgeries in hopes of correcting the problem, but that caused even more damage to her airway.
    — David Williams, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Attempts to restart his heart with chest compressions, establishing an airway and electric shock failed.
    — Ray Sanchez and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The knee on Floyd's neck also restricted his airway to a space narrower than a small straw, Tobin said.
    — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • If there is no response, the officer is taught to check their airway, breathing and circulation, including their pulse.
    — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The 26-year-old driver was still having a seizure when Heightman crawled into the car, stabilized the driver’s head and neck, and opened his airway.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • If your child cannot breathe, cough, talk or cry, be prepared to use the Heimlich Maneuver quickly to dislodge solid foods that are blocking the airway.
    — Lauren Harrison, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Surgeries on the upper spine bones, known as cervical vertebrae, are more risky than those lower in the spine because of the risk of paralysis and airway compromise in the neck.
    — Jim Spencer and Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Arradondo said officers are trained to turn anyone restrained in that position on their side immediately to ensure their airway is not restricted.
    — Erin Donaghue, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2021
  • But this skew could indicate that vaccines delivered directly to the airway, such as nasal sprays, might eventually be a better option for sharing immunity through breast milk.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2021
  • If someone is unconscious, the manual said officers must check his airway and breathing and begin CPR if necessary.
    — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Mucus is a gel-like layer of the airway that protects it from bacteria and other substances inhaled (breathed in).1 Healthy mucus consists of 95% water.
    — Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Since the voice box and the airway are at the front of the neck, a fracture can impact two parts of the body.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The moisture helps open the airways to relieve dry cough.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • Her airway had narrowed to the size of the opening of a drinking straw.
    — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2021
  • The deputy then instructs the paramedic to put the injured man on his back and to open his airway.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Coughing is your body's way of trying to keep the airways clear.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • When a person is asleep, the muscles around the back of the throat relax, and this can be enough to close the airway.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The best way to do that is to keep the head and shoulders aligned which keeps the airway as open as possible.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
  • This supports the jaw and increases space in the airway.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021
  • Make sure there's nothing in the person's mouth or cheek that would block their airway.
    — Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • These restraints restrict the airway or blood flow to the brain when pressure is applied to the neck.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
  • This one, however, seems to like the airway above the lungs, including the throat.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The airway went silent, the body relaxed and there was something in the next moments that felt to him almost like peace.
    — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff Eli Saslow, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But deep in the airway, T cells may provide a second line of defense.
    — Carl Zimmer, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • To prevent this, your jaw may grind back and forth to keep the airway open, which can result in restless sleep.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 24 Aug. 2021
  • By then a sergeant, Bee held the hand of an American sniper who had just been shot in the head, as a medic sliced open the man’s throat for an airway.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021

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