Question 1

tell me difference between bac (blood alcohol content) and bal (blood alcohol level)?

Accepted Answer

Same: They are 2 different names for the same value.

Question 2

what's the difference between bac (blood alcohol content) and bal (blood alcohol level)?

Accepted Answer

BAL Vs BAC: Blood alcohol level (BAL) = Blood alcohol content (BAC) = Blood ethanol concentration. BAL is used  to identify alcohol  intoxication. BAL measures alcohol concentration in blood using mass per volume.

Question 3

what is legal limit on blood alcohol content?

Accepted Answer

It depends on: What state you live in.

Question 4

what effects does a high blood alcohol content level have on driving?

Accepted Answer

Ends it: By getting the driver or someone else killed, or the license revoked or go to prison. Reaction time and judgement are impaired even at low levels. This is general knowledge. Please take jets away from drinkers.

Question 5

how does our blood alcohol content diminish over time?

Accepted Answer

Ethanol clearance: There is wide variation in the metabolism of ethanol. The unhabituated drinker clears ethanol from the blood stream at an approximate rate of 15 to 20 mg/dL per hour. Patients with chronic ethanol abuse can clear ethanol at a rate of 25 to 35 mg/dL per hour, or even faster in some cases.

Euphoria and mild deficits in coordination, attention, and cognition are seen w/ BAC of 100 mg/dL.

Question 6

how does blood alcohol content affect your reaction time?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol effects: When alcohol reaches the brain, it has the ability to delay signals that are sent between nerve cells that control balance, thinking and movement. Specifically, hyper-activation of gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) A receptors.  Activation of GABAA receptors by GABA tends to decrease neuronal excitability. This leads to  impairment of both motor function and cognition following Ethanol consumption.

Question 7

what are the effects of having a high blood alcohol content?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol intoxication: Signs and symptoms of acute ethanol intoxication vary with severity and can include slurred speech, nystagmus, disinhibited behavior, incoordination, unsteady gait, memory impairment, stupor, or coma.

Acute alcohol intoxication can also induce multiple metabolic derangements including hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypophosphatemia.

Question 8

how does someone's weight impact their blood alcohol content?

Accepted Answer

Blood alcohol : Alcohol defuses throughout body generally, as opposed to localizing.   More mass, less effect, lower perceived blood alcohol level.

Question 9

what is the difference between blood alcohol content and blood alcohol level?

Accepted Answer

Likely none.: These terms appear to be interchangeable.  There is a difference between blood alcohol content by mass and blood alcohol content by volume, since 1 ml blood equals 1.06 grams of blood.  These measurements differ in this way in different parts of the world.

Question 10

what is the relationship between the number of drinks you have and your blood alcohol content?

Accepted Answer

Not a linear one: It depends on the size and gender of the person. However, your brain function gets impaired with the first drink. Alcohol is a poison and it never did any body any good, ever, so stay away from it.
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