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Blood alcohol level of 63. - Newbie

Posted: May 25, 2011

Is this correct? He says the patient had 2 beers and had a blood alcohol level of 63. I'm not too familiar with blood alcohol levels, but that does not sound right to me. Even if it was 0.63, wouldn't that be too high for 2 beers? Am I missing something here? TIA!

they all say they only had 2 beers - MissAnthrope

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you should probably just type what the doctor says. nearly everyone who is caught drunk always says "i only had two beers." LOL.

Ain't that the truth! - Newbie

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You are so right! I think I actually found it though. The problem was that I am not familiar with the BAC at all. I think it is supposed to be 0.063. Does this make any sense to anyone? If I'm thinking correctly, the patient would be dead if they were at 63, but 0.063 makes sense.

BAC calculator - MT

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This may help you later on if you run across it again: http://www.ou.edu/oupd/bac.htm

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