HLTH 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unconsciousness, Teratology, Intellectual Disability
12 Apr 2017
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The amount of alcohol that causes unconsciousness is dangerously close t a fatal dose. Bac continues to rise even after a drinker is unconscious. Signs: inability to be roused; week, rapid pulse; cool, pale, or bluish skin. Research indicated 23% of college students have driven after driving. Alcohol impaired drivers are involved in about 1 in 3 crash deaths, and nearly. This represents one alcohol-related fatality every 51 minutes. The likelihood of a driver being involved in a fatal crash rises significantly with a. Bac of . 05% and even more after . 08% Reduced ability of the body to fight bacteria and viruses. Alcohol is one of the most dangerous and common. 8. 5% of children have been exposed to alcohol in the utero. Mental retardation, impaired leaning, poor memory, small head, tremors, impulsive behaviors, reduced attention span, abnormalities of the face, limbs, heart, brain limbs, heart, brain. Fas is the 3rd most common birth defect in the us.
