Assertion: endotracheal tube's opening | /r/CapableOf | serve as airway
Facets:
value: as a site
type: MANNER
value: independently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The resulting opening can serve independently as an airway or as a site for a tracheostomy tube to be inserted; this tube allows a person to breathe without the use of his nose or mouth.
text: The resulting opening can serve independently as an airway or as a site for a tracheostomy tube to be inserted; this tube allows a person to breathe without the use of his nose or mouth.