Facts of Alcohol
The three general types of alcohol
What are Beer, Wine, and Distilled Spirits?
Two Factors that slow absorption
What are
Eating before or during drinking
being hydrated
diluted drinks
Three Symptoms of low-dose alcohol.
What are relaxes, reduces stress and inhibitions, raises confidence, depression or aggressiveness, dampening of senses, high risk sexual behavior, vehicular accidents.
Three minor symptoms of withdrawal.
What are Increased temperature and pulse, sweating, hand tremors, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and nausea or vomiting.
What is recent alcohol consumption?
Three factors that speed absorption.
What are
Quantity or speed of consumption
Empty stomach
Dehydration
Hot Alcohol
Carbonated Mixers
High alcohol content
Symptoms of overdose.
What are Depression of CNS - losing consciousness, lung and heart failure, coma and death.
This brain function takes longer to recover during withdrawal/abstinence.
What happens in with the "stop" switch in withdrawal.
Distilled spirits were invented.
What happened in 800 A.D. with the Arabs?
What is the rate of alcohol metabolism per hour in oz.?
1 oz. per hour
The most likely form of cancer caused by alcohol.
What is Breast cancer?
Three major symptoms of withdrawal.
What are Hallucinations and illusions, psychomotor agitation, grand mal seizures, delirium tremens, and tachycardia.
The legal limit of BAC for driving in the U.S.
What is a BAC of 0.08?
The peak of BAC.
What takes 30-90 minutes to reach?
Three symptoms of heavy long-term alcohol use.
What are Fatty Liver and cardiovascular disease, Dementia and Brain atrophy, Alcoholic Hepatitis, Pancreatitis, Cancer, Stomach Hemorrhage, Damaged nerve cells, Malnutrition.
The types of alcohol tolerance.
What are Metabolic, pharmacodynamic, acute, and select.
The percentage of alcohol-related emergency room patients.
What is 15-25%?
What is 30%?
Occurs in 10-15% of alcoholics.
What is Cirrhosis of the liver?
The most important environmental factor(s) for alcohol addiction predisposition.
What is Child physical, emotional, or sexual abuse?