What is Blood Alcohol Concentration?
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the amount of alcohol present in the body, measured in grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Studies have shown that as a driver’s blood alcohol level increases, so does the chance of being involved in a crash. Your BAC increases with the quantity and frequency of the alcohol you drink. People absorb alcohol into their bloodstreams at different rates. Body size and general health affect the rate and a female will nearly always have a higher BAC than a male who drinks the same amount of alcohol. The rate at which you absorb alcohol can also vary from day to day and will be influenced by the rate at which you drink and any food you eat. A basic approach is to monitor the alcohol you consume in terms of “standard drinks” which contain 10 millilitres of alcohol per serving. It takes a healthy liver about one hour to process the equivalent of one standard drink. There’s nothing you can do to speed up this process — hot coffee and cold showers mi
