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BAC: What’s It All About?

BAC: What’s It All About?. BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION depends on: Weight Gender How much you drank. How do you know how much you drank? We have to define “one drink”. “One Drink”. Blood Alcohol Levels: So What? (8). BAL = 0.03 to 0.07 (Euphoria and excitement) Self-confident/daring

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BAC: What’s It All About?

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  1. BAC: What’s It All About? BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION depends on: • Weight • Gender • How much you drank. • How do you know how much you drank? • We have to define “one drink”

  2. “One Drink”

  3. Blood Alcohol Levels: So What?(8) • BAL = 0.03 to 0.07 • (Euphoria and excitement) • Self-confident/daring • Short attention span • Poor judgment • Fine motor skills impaired

  4. Blood Alcohol Levels(8) • BAL = 0.08-.17 • (Legally drunk and losing control) • Sleepy • Memory loss • Reaction time decreased • Uncoordinated/loss of balance • Blurry vision and impaired senses

  5. Blood Alcohol Levels(8) • BAL = 0.18 to 0.24 • (Confusion and Misery) • Confused/dizzy • Highly emotional • Cannot see/slurred speech • Uncoordinated/sleepy • May not feel pain as easily

  6. Blood Alcohol Levels(8) • BAL = 0.25 to 0.40 (Stupor) • Can barely move at all • Cannot respond to stimuli • Cannot stand or walk • Vomiting • Lapse in and out of consciousness

  7. Blood Alcohol Levels(8) • BAL = 0.35 to 0.50 (Coma) • Unconscious • Reflexes depressed • Decreased body temperature • Decreased breathing rate • Decreased heart rate • Could die

  8. Blood Alcohol Levels(8) • BAL = Greater than 0.50 (Death) • Breathing stops • That says it all!

  9. Driving Limits(6) • The legal limit is .08 • The legal limit for teens is .01! Teens cannot legally drink at all according to the law.

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