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Woman blows 19 times over blood alcohol limit
The Daily Telegraph (Australia) ^
| December 2, 2009
| News Wire
Posted on 12/01/2009 10:51:55 PM PST by UAConservative
A woman in Canberra blew a .385 yesterday, one of the highest ever recorded. BAC numbers of .40 are supposed to mean death. Read the linked article for more information.
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: bac; dui; idiot; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; potheads
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To: UAConservative
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posted on
12/01/2009 10:54:02 PM PST
by
Karma Police
(Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
To: UAConservative
No way! And she wasn’t comatose?
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posted on
12/01/2009 10:54:53 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
To: rdl6989
She was in a fender-bender, so I must assume that she was conscious. I’m with you, though; given the numbers, she should’ve been on the border of life and death!
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posted on
12/01/2009 10:56:56 PM PST
by
UAConservative
(Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere)
To: UAConservative
BAC numbers of .40 are supposed to mean death That's certain death. People can succumb to the fatal effects of alcohol poisoning well before that. Low to mid three's can put you into a COMA. The highest reading I've ever seen for a driver was .26 or .27. I'm dubious .385 is accurate.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:00:59 PM PST
by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: UAConservative
Dang'it! Just let her sleep it off ... you know, in a another life
it could'a been you!
*<[;o)~~ Merry Christmas!
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:01:46 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: UAConservative
I once had a girlfriend who was an incredibly dedicated alcoholic. She once got popped for DUI and blew .48. Beyond fatal.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:07:56 PM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
To: UAConservative
That probably means her BAC hasn’t dropped below 0.3 for years. It’s her milieu, so she’s not dead.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:14:58 PM PST
by
GnuHere
To: UAConservative
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:17:56 PM PST
by
plinyelder
("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." Thomas Paine)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
"She once got popped for DUI and blew .48. Beyond fatal." Did she have pointy canine teeth and avoid direct sunlight & garlic?
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:30:34 PM PST
by
OldDeckHand
(Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
To: UAConservative
To: UAConservative
To: Liberty Valance
I am trying not to look, but that is a freaking hilarious picture.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:43:57 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: UAConservative
I once booked in a woman who was at .350 on the Datamaster and she was walking and talking better than most people do when sober. I almost didn't believe it myself. I regularly see people who are over .30, but normally they tend to act like they're drunk.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:47:07 PM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: UAConservative
Does that mean the limit in Australia is only .02? I guess driving home after one beer is illegal.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:52:45 PM PST
by
Defiant
(The absence of bias appears to be bias to those who are biased.)
To: UAConservative
That's nothing. We see that level on an almost routine basis. Worst I saw (so far) was .622 by blood draw (not by breathalyzer, which can read false highs if the patient still has alcohol residue in the mouth), and the patient went into DTs at .535! (Time to call for IV Everclear, STAT!)
Our regional trauma center in downtown Seattle has the record by a long shot, a patient who had a BAC (by blood draw) of .800! And still alive, at that.
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posted on
12/01/2009 11:55:19 PM PST
by
60Gunner
(But there's this one particular harbor...)
To: UAConservative
When our local jail gets someone with a super high reading like that, we are called down to evaluate them. A couple weeks ago we went to a woman who blew around .320 and she was still talking and walking. She was an alcohilic, but as another poster stated these readings can be thrown off by a number of factors. I was skeptical of the number, but we sent her to the hospital anyway because if she had passed out and choked on her own vomit, I would most likely be waiving goodbye to my chosen career.
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posted on
12/02/2009 12:04:11 AM PST
by
fireman15
(Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
To: 60Gunner
Hey, 60Gunner! Glad to see you’re still around; I really look forward to your ER stories.
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posted on
12/02/2009 12:04:56 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Jew, conservative, and proud supporter of Israel.)
To: OldDeckHand
Far from it, she was a great gal, very smart, very sexy, but with this single flaw which I could not handle. She would get up at 4 am and drink a whole fifth of vodka, she could probably drink any three people I know under the table. She was probably one of those alcoholics who has about twice the legal limit in her bloodstream at all times and just lives their whole life that way. Ultimately, she turned herself around very well, but she simply could not live in Los Angeles with all the hoo-hah, and moved back her home town and completely quit drinking.
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posted on
12/02/2009 12:37:43 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Voters who thought their ship came in with 0bama are on their own Titanic.)
To: UAConservative
...????...tie a wick to her head and make her an eternal flame
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posted on
12/02/2009 1:36:05 AM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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