[drjoe]

One night I was reading pop smears in the lab and the night tech came up all breathless and said to me, Dr Ballo - LOOK AT THIS. It was a readout from a lab analyzer showing a blood alcohol of .502 gm/dl. Not really believing it I had her dilute the sample 1:1 and repeat the test and it came up ... ... .252. I went over to the ER and there he was, not dead and not even unconscious. We watched him as this BAC slowly declined. That is my personal maximum - the original 1 proof man.

[plusone]

What's a 'pop smear'?

[Catspaw]

The record in our county is .605. The guy was still ambulatory. One of my college classmates defended him the best he could at his DUI trial.

[vetvetdoug]

I wonder what the BAC is in one being treated for antifreeze? I give dogs ETOH until they are almost comatose and keep them that way for 48 hours. Is there a standard BAC for ethylene glycol toxicity?

[Erasmus]

One night I was reading pop smears in the lab

Sperm samples?

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