Acute alcoholic intoxication and accidents
Dally, S.
La Revue du Praticien 43(16): 2071-2074
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2640 PMID: 8134788 Document Number: 412106
Many studies have shown the role of alcohol intake, even in low quantities, as a risk factor in accidents, mainly road accidents, but also in accidents occurring in the home and at the workplace. For a blood alcohol level of 0.5 g per litre, the risk of accident is already two-fold. Accidents occur more often to persons who drink occasionally than to those who are alcohol-dependent. For a subject of average body weight, it is accepted that one glass of an alcohol-containing drink can raise the blood alcohol level by approximately 0.2 g per litre. One to two hours is required to eliminate this quantity of alcohol.