Alcohol: Effects on the Body and Behaviour

Question 1

What is Binge drinking?

Answer 1

Four or more drinks for a female and five or more drinks for a male at one sitting.

Question 2

What is Chronic drinking?

Answer 2

Daily or almost daily alcohol consumption (60 drinks per month)

Question 3

Short Term Effects of Alcohol?

Answer 3

¡ Slower reaction times/reflexes
¡ Heavy sweating
¡ Blurry vision
¡ Nausea and vomiting
¡ Lowered reasoning ability
¡ Poor motor coordination
¡ Slower heart rate/breathing rate
¡ Increased blood pressure
¡ Anxiety/restlessness
¡ Lower inhibition

Question 4

What organs do alcohol effect Long Term

Answer 4

Nervous system
¡ Muscles
¡ Lungs
¡ Liver
¡ Sexual organs
¡ Brain
¡ Heart
¡ Esophagus/stomach

Question 5

Wjat does Blood Alcohol Level depends on

Answer 5

§ Weight
§ Amount of food and water in
stomach
§ Carbonated alcoholic beverages
§ Gender

Question 6

How to calculate BAL

Answer 6

BAL = (150/body weight in lbs.) x (%alcohol/50) x (ounces consumed) x (0.025)

Question 7

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.03 to 0.12 have?

Answer 7

BAL = 0.03 to 0.12 (Euphoria)

▪ Self-confident/daring
▪ Short attention span
▪ Poor judgment
▪ Fine motor skills impaired

Question 8

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.09 to 0.25 have?

Answer 8

BAL = 0.09 to 0.25 (Excitement)

▪ Sleepy
▪ Memory loss
▪ Reaction time decreased
▪ Uncoordinated/loss of balance
▪ Blurry vision and impaired senses

Question 9

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.18 to 0.30 have?

Answer 9

BAL = 0.18 to 0.30 (Confusion)

▪ Confused/dizzy
▪ Highly emotional
▪ Cannot see/slurred speech
▪ Uncoordinated/sleepy
▪ May not feel pain as easily

Question 10

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.25 to 0.40 have?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of 0.35 to 0.50 have?

Answer 11

BAL = 0.35 to 0.50 (Coma)

▪ Unconscious
▪ Reflexes depressed
▪ Decreased body temperature
▪ Decreased breathing rate
▪ Decreased heart rate
▪ Could die

Question 12

What effects do the blood alcohol level (BAL) of Greater than 0.50 have?

Answer 12

BAL = Greater than 0.50 (Death)

▪ Breathing stops
▪ That says it all!

Question 13

What is the legal level of intoxication typically set by most states in the United States?

Answer 13

Most states set the legal level of intoxication at 0.08 to 0.10.

Question 14

Who is affected by drinking

Answer 14

• Friends and family
• Strangers
• Unborn babies – Fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 15

What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 15

• When mother drinks, baby drinks
• Alcohol disrupts brain development