Does a .10 BAC(blood alcohol concentration) mean 10% of your blood is alcohol?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

A BAC of 0.10 (0.10% or one tenth of one percent) means that...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content

[–]peace_love_comfort 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What would be the "smoking gun". I tried doing some math for them but they wont believe it. Still insist that it is whole percents.

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this list of highest BACs ever, given as low percentages, < 3%: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content#Highest_levels

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I survived a .41 BAC. It took an entire ER ward , gallons of saline, and God knows what else to save me. I quit drinking after that.

The doctor told me that they didn't expect me to survive, but as long as I had a heartbeat they kept working on me. Thanks doc!

[–]Phil_Herbunz 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

8% BAC is roughly 20 times the average LETHAL level of .4% as shown here.

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Wow that's surprisingly accurate. I put in 20 1.5 oz servings of spirits over 3 hours for a 150 lbs male, and the result was .45

When I drank basically that amount in that time, my BAC was .41.

[–]Big_Brass_Balls 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No. It's miligrams per millilitre.