Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match
Published:
2 January 2004 y., Friday
The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but stable after a blood test showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol, police spokeswoman Ieva Zvidre said.
An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million, Zvidre said, adding: "This is one for the Guinness Book of Records."
Emergency ward head Martins Sics told reporters there was no record of anybody having survived such a dose, even in neighbouring Russia which takes pride in its vodka-guzzling traditions.
"He won't remember a thing when he comes to," Sics said.
Šaltinis:
smh.com.au
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
"There are too little people in Lithuania who realize the importance of information technologies development", Rimantas Pleikys, the Communications and Informatics Minister of Lithuania, says.
more »
Unexpected disappearance of Gediminas Kesus, the former general director of Lithuanian oil concern "Maþeikiø nafta", his son Valdas and the driver has drawn attention of all mass media.
more »
Summer is the most appropriate season for visiting museums in the open air. In Lithuania there are several museums of such kind. Here we present one of them.
more »
Lithuanian insurance business expands. Observing the tendencies the experts conclude: the insurance market attract new investors. The specialists estimate that the growing share capital shall seduce more people to insure.
more »
Talking about the system of values of the juvenile it is thought that priority is given to the plans for future profession — education and job.
more »
Do you remember the famous “Spirit supplier”, when one dexterous guy pumped cheap Byelorussian spirit into Lithuania?
more »
Lottery business just as big companies can not resist globalization and specialization process.
more »
The hope for the proponents of the Amber room appeared again.
more »