Alcohol

                                        Alcoholic beverages

•        Beer

    10° = 4 vol. % (3.16 g v 0.1 l = 15.8 g v 0,5 l)

    12° = 5 vol. % (3.95 g v 0.1 l = 19.7 g v 0,5 l)

•        Wine – cca 11% (7.9 g v 0.1 l = 15.8 g v 0.2 l)

•       Spirits – 40 % (31.6 g v 0.1 l = 15.8 g v 0,05 l)



                                            Absorption

•            Fullness and content of the stomach

•            CO[2] content

•            Concentration

•            Temperature

                                       Metabolism of ethanol

•         ADH (alcoholdehydrogenase)

•         MEOS (microsomal ethanol oxidation system)

•         Catalase



•                  Alcohol

•                  Acetaldehyde

•                  CO[2] and water

                                      Velocity of elimination

•      0.12 – 0.20 g/kg per hour







                                   Balance calculation (formula)

                                       Alcohol (g) – absorption deficit

BAC ‰=

                                        Weight (kg) x reduction factor

                                              Example

•           Man (weight 70 kg) drank from 7.00 p.m. till 9.00 p.m. five snifters „shots“ (0.05 l)
of vodka (40 vol. %).

•           ? BAC at 11.00 p.m. ?



                                         Example - result



        79 – 7.9

C[t] = ——————  – 0.20[ ]x 4 = 0.65

          70 x 0.7



         79 – 7.9

C[t] = ——————  – 0.12[ ]x 4 = 0.97

          70 x 0.7



C[t] = 0.65 – 0,97 g/kg