1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
Margaret [11]
3 years ago
7

If you are involved in a vehicle accident, you should not drink any alcohol up to ___ hours after the accident or you could be l

egally charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Chemistry
1 answer:
Luda [366]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: 6

Explanation:

Alcohol is a psychoactive drug with a high number of side effects that can seriously affect our body. <u>The amount and circumstances of consumption play an important role in determining the duration of intoxication.</u> For example, consuming alcohol after a large meal is less likely to produce visible signs of intoxication than on an empty stomach.

Alcohol has a two-phase effect on the body, meaning that its effects change over time.  Initially, it produces feelings of relaxation and joy, but later consumption can lead to blurred vision and coordination problems.  Cell membranes are highly permeable to alcohol, so once alcohol is in the bloodstream, it can spread to almost all body tissues.  

Unconsciousness can follow excessive consumption, and extreme levels of consumption can lead to alcohol poisoning and death. Death can also be caused by asphyxiation, if vomit - a frequent result of excessive drinking - blocks the windpipe and the individual is too drunk to respond.  An appropriate first-aid response to an unconscious, drunk person is to place him or her in the recovery position.  

<u>When alcohol enters the bloodstream (30-90 minutes after ingestion), there is a decrease in the sugars present in the bloodstream, causing a feeling of weakness and physical exhaustion. </u> This is because alcohol accelerates the transformation of glycogen (a substance that stores sugar in the liver) into glucose, which is then eliminated more quickly.  

After the ingestion of alcohol, a series of effects or symptoms occur in the short term, depending on the dose ingested (although other individual factors are affected).

  • Euphoria and excitement phase
  • Intoxication: The nervous system is affected as the loss of the capacity to coordinate movements is caused, producing imbalance and sometimes falls. If abused, locomotor ataxia can occur, which is a paralysis characteristic of alcoholics.
  • Hypnotic or confused phase: Irritability, agitation, drowsiness, headache, ysarthria, ataxia, dysmetry, nausea and vomiting.
  • Anaesthetic phase or stupor and coma, inconsistent language.
  • Bulbar or death phase: Cardiovascular shock, inhibition of the respiratory center, cardio-respiratory arrest and death.

Alcohol is broken down mainly in the liver, which can metabolize about 1 drink per hour for men. Factors such as age, weight, gender, and the amount of food eaten can affect how quickly the body can process alcohol. The amount of time alcohol can be detected in blood is up to 6 hours. Then it is not recommended to drink alcohol until after 6 hours if you have been involved in an accident, since alcohol can be detected in the blood in that time range. <u>Because of the effects alcohol has on the body and how it can affect driving, if alcohol is detected you can be legally charged with driving under its influence.</u>

You might be interested in
How many moles of solute are in 250.0 mL of a 3.00 M HCl solution?
cestrela7 [59]
0.250 L*3M=0.250 L*3mol/L= 0.750 mol
8 0
3 years ago
How many grams of water, H20 are needed if 88<br> grams of CO2 gas are produced?
joja [24]

Answer:

Explanation:

If one mole of carbon monoxide has a mass of 28.01 g and one mole of carbon dioxide has a mass of 44.01 g , it follows that the reaction produces 44.01 g of carbon dioxide for every 28.01 g of carbon monoxide.

3 0
2 years ago
What is the difference between a continuous spectrum and a line spectrum? Give a source of each
natima [27]
Continuous spectrum and line spectrum are two types of spectra; their main difference is that continuous spectrum contains no gaps whereas line spectrum contains many gaps.
7 0
3 years ago
Which equation is used to calculate the specific heat of the metal?
algol [13]

i dont know gjchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

3 0
3 years ago
The hormone is produced in the and sent to a true body to regulate sugar levels in the blood
harkovskaia [24]
Insulin i believe....
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • A crystallographer measures the horizontal spacing between molecules in a crystal. The spacing is 10.59 nm . What is the total w
    8·1 answer
  • Complete combustion of 9.00 g of a hydrocarbon produced 28.9 g of co2 and 9.87 g of h2o. what is the empirical formula for the h
    10·1 answer
  • Name the following compound: <br> HC2H3O2
    11·2 answers
  • Help? I missed 3 days of school ;-;
    9·2 answers
  • Metals expand when heated. if gold is heated, what will happen to its density?
    7·1 answer
  • Help with chemistry
    14·1 answer
  • If a microgram is one millionth of a gram (0.000 00 1 g), how many micrograms are there in one gram?
    6·1 answer
  • The mobility and carrier density of Al are 12 cm2/Vs and 1.98×1023 cm−3 , respectively. The mobility and carrier density of Cu a
    10·1 answer
  • 8th grade science
    7·2 answers
  • Semasa proses pengewapan, cecair bertukar menjadi gas. Apakah yang berlaku kepada zarah dalam cecair??
    11·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!