The median annual wage for flight attendants was $44,860 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $25,930, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $72,090.
Definition of Hypoxia. Hypoxia literally means low oxygen, but is defined as a deficiency in the amount of oxygen that reaches the tissues of the body. It differs from hypoxemia, which means an inadequate amount of oxygen traveling in the blood.
Hypoxia, or altitude sickness, reduces the amount of oxygen in the brain causing such symptoms as dizziness, shortness of breath, and mental confusion. a type brought about by a reduction of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood because of a decrease in the complete blood counts or an alteration of the hemoglobin constituents. hypoxia, anoxic, n a type resulting from inadequate oxygen in inspired air or interference with gaseous exchange in the lungs.