Distracted Driving
BAC
Effects of Alcohol
Alcohol in the Body
Random
100
31% of drivers in the United States ages 18-64 reported that they had done this while driving.
What is read or sent text message/ e-mail
100
BAC is an acronym for what?
What is Blood Alcohol Content.
100
A mixed drink containing _____ is absorbed into the body more quickly than straight shots. This also gets you drunk faster.
What are Carbonated Mixers (pop/soda) or Energy Drinks
100
Your body can fight off approximately ______ drink an hour?
What is One
100
This is having 5 or more drinks for men or 4 or more drinks for women during a short period of time.
What is Binge Drinking
200
The time between the application of a stimulus and the response to it.
What is Reaction Time
200
What is the only thing that will lower a person's BAC?
What is Time
200
Name 2 LONG TERM effects of alcohol abuse.
What is unintentional injuries such as car crash, falls, burns, drowning; Intentional injuries such as firearm injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence; Increased on-the-job injuries and loss of productivity; Increased family problems, broken relationships, Alcohol poisoning, High blood pressure, stroke, and other heart-related diseases, liver disease
200
90% of the alcohol in your body is slowly eliminated from the bloodstream. The remaining 10% is removed through?
What is Sweat, breath, and urine
200
_____ is a progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
What is Alcoholism
300
True or False: At sobriety checkpoints, police stop drivers to judge if they are driving under the influence of alcohol.
What is True
300
What is the nationwide legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol content?
What is 0.08
300
Name three warning signs of Alcoholism.
What is Crave alcohol or drugs; -Experience withdrawal symptoms: anxiety, sweating, nausea, and shaking. -Find that when you do drink, you drink more than you anticipated. -Notice a need to drink increasing amounts of alcohol or take more drugs in order to "feel buzzed" or "get high.“ -Receive complaints from family or close friends about your behavior. -Try to stop drinking or doing drugs, but find that you can't.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! Alcohol is a ____________ drug that slows the central nervous system, which can cause drowsiness, sleep or pain relief.
What is a Depressant
300
_____ is how much all college students nationwide will spend yearly on alcoholic beverages.
What is $4.2 Billion
400
DAILY DOUBLE!! These prevent drivers who were convicted of alcohol-impaired driving (DUI, DWI) from operating their vehicles if they have been drinking.
What is Ignition Interlocks
400
The “warn range” is a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level between ______ and _____. If caught driving in this range, drivers can lose their license at roadside for 3-30 days.
What is 0.05 – 0.08
400
Name three Biological Risk Factors.
What are Genetics, Age, Environment, Stress, Mental disorders
400
True or False: Men and women metabolize alcohol at the same rate
False
400
True or False: Most people who binge drink are alcohol dependent
What is False
500
These are the 3 main types of distracted driving.
What is visual, manual, and cognitive.
500
What amount of BAC might cause a loss of consciousness?
What is 0.30
500
True or False: Alcohol affects the recovery of an injury?
What is True
500
The ___ breaks down alcohol once it enters the bloodstream
What is the Liver
500
Women who drink alcohol while pregnant increase their risk of having a baby with _______.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
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