[Zark]

AP Story:Man Registers Deadly Blood-Alcohol Level


SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Incredulous doctors made five blood tests on a drunken man to confirm he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.914, far above the usual life-threatening range, police and doctors said Tuesday.

The 67-year-old man, whose name was not released, was hospitalized Dec. 20, when a car knocked him down on a street in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.

A breath test showed high blood alcohol level, but police officers thought the result was inaccurate, because the man was conscious and talked with them, said Col. Angel Rangelov, head of police in Plovdiv.

Laboratory analysis of five subsequent blood samples taken the same day confirmed that the man had had a 0.914 blood alcohol content, Rangelov said. An 0.55 blood-alcohol level is usually considered as life-threatening.

Dr. Svetlan Dermendzhiev of Plovdiv's University hospital told state news agency BTA he had not seen such a high level.

The man was reported in stable condition after treatment for head injuries.

 

[manimal]

wow! i have to take them to the hospital before jail if their BAC is above .3....i can't imagine a man living with .9....that is almost 100% alcohol for blood.

 

[SkaredShtles]

wow! i have to take them to the hospital before jail if their BAC is above .3....i can't imagine a man living with .9....that is almost 100% alcohol for blood.

I thought it would be almost 1%..........

What am I missing here?

-S.S.-

 

[NRSracer]

I thought it would be almost 1%..........
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correct

 

[fuzzynutz]

.914 is in decimal format. If you want to know percentage you simply move the decimal two places to the right. Um I think you learn this kind of stuff in 3rd grade.

 

[manimal]

sorry, miscalculation in math......however, the body, hypothetically, cannot survive with a BAC of that concentration.

that's what you call a professional drunk!

 

[NRSracer]

.914 is in decimal format. If you want to know percentage you simply move the decimal two places to the right. Um I think you learn this kind of stuff in 3rd grade.

it's already shown as a percent

 

[reflux]

it's already shown as a percent

we have a winner.

 

[snowskilz]

wow, that guy must of been drinkin some straight rot gut stuff since he was a wee one.

i wonder how is liver is still functioning... if its still functioning

 

[Wingnut]

What was the guy driving the car's BAC?

 

[mrbigisbudgood]

Math..............

 

[SkaredShtles]

it's already shown as a percent

That's what I thought. So it's almost 1%.......

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

sorry, miscalculation in math......however, the body, hypothetically, cannot survive with a BAC of that concentration.

And yet, he did. The human body is an amazing thing. Just imagine the buzz you could get if you made black sausage out of his blood.

-S.S.-

 

[laura]

Just imagine the buzz you could get if you made black sausage out of his blood.

-S.S.-

you've become obsessed.

 

[Westy]

Damn .4% would kill most people. Maybe he was dead and no body could tell the difference, he was pickled enough he wasn't going to start rotting or anything.

 

[SkaredShtles]

you've become obsessed.

How about this:

I only like black sausuage if it's certified organic........

-S.S.-