This will be a prospective survey study. The participants will all be volunteers of legal drinking age. Each participant will consume one alcoholic beverage (beer) at a time and then will be asked to verbally estimate their current blood alcohol concentration and if the subject feels they are able to drive. At that time, their BAC level will be measured objectively using a breath alcohol test (BAT) device. The participant will not be told their objective value. This will continue with a verbal estimate and actual BAT reading after every drink until the participant reaches a minimum BAC of 0.10. At this time, participants will continue to be monitored until their BAC falls to 0.08 and they are clinically sober. As their blood alcohol level decreases, the investigators will ask the participant to estimate their level every hour along with an actual reading until reaching 0.08. Statistical analyses will be used to determine how accurate self estimation is in regards to blood alcohol content.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
55
drink a beer, repeat until breath alcohol content 0.1
St. Luke's University Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Change in Breath Alcohol Content Between the Estimated Level and the Actual Level as Measured by an Alco Sensor IV Device
The change was measured both when participants' breath alcohol content was ascending to 0.1 and descending to 0.08.
Time frame: 1 day
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