FAO Sqad

[sherminator]

Morning Sqad just wondering if you can offer a medical opinion on this one.
It was in the news that someone died sfter drinking a pint of gin straight and we were arguing about it in office. I said it could easily be lethal someone else said lots of people could handle it easy!

If you were to drink a pint of Gin straight, what would the mortality rate be?
I know it will be very subjective(and stupid!) but can you guess at how likely it would be to kill someone?

[Sqad]

Blimey....what a question.
I am not an expert on alcoholism but i am going to assume that our drinker has no underlying medical conditions e.g heart disease, is not a habitual drinker,no other associated drugs involved and medical treatment has been delayed.

So here goes:

I would say that death solely due to drinking one pint of gin straight away is low to rare,all the above provisos being accepted.

I look forward to reading more informed posts.

[sherminator]

Cheers Sqad, Knew this would be incredibly subjective, but was interested if anyone had an informed opinion on it.
And yeah assuming typically healthy human being. If he drunk it in one(not sure thats what you were assuming from my post) would that alter it dramatically?

[ummmm]

What time scale?

Why gin?

[Old_Geezer]

Why not ?

[sherminator]

Gin purely because that was what the guy drunk in the article.

as mentioned above in one go.

[Kiki-frog]

I find it hard to believe that anyone could drink a pint of gin straight off without being violently sick.

[EvianBaby]

Have you got a link to the article?

[ummmm]

No, I don't think it would kill you. My accountant is a 'functioning' alcoholic. When I went to stay with him he drank a mug of neat brandy, in one go, at breakfast. I've just measured it and it's 1/2 pint. That had no effect on him.

[sherminator]

apologies it was Rum, not Gin!
http://www.dailymail....tml?ito=feeds-newsxml

[snags]

Approx 10 1.5 oz shots, one after the other. Probably possible without dying afterwards.

[EvianBaby]

I suppose it would vary person to person though. Perhaps an alcoholic is more resistant?

As someone who hardly drinks, I think if I drank a pint of any spirit in one go I'd keel over.

[EvianBaby]

Looks like he had already been drinking before that, although it doesn't say how much.

[woofgang]

From memory at college, the most likely reason that it would kill you if you didn't have a contributing condition would be for you to pass out, vomit and inhale it.

[Sqad]

woofgang....agreed, but then death would be due to 1) inhalation pneumonia 2) acute alcoholic poisoning.

From the OP I gathered that the OPer required the incidence of death due JUST to alcoholic poisoning.

[daffy654]

The man in the article did not die from alcohol poisoning....

///He sustained a severe brain injury caused by cardiac respiratory arrest.

West Yorkshire coroner David Hinchliff said his alcohol level was 379 mg per 100 mls of blood which was almost five times the legal limit for driving.
It would have caused him to fall into a deep sleep, stifling his cough reflex and causing his stomach contents to enter his lungs.///

[gness]

Contrary to popular belief it can take me some time to drink my pint of Guinness.
On the train yesterday morning I ordered a cup of tea. The chap next to me bought a bottle of white wine...£17! He had downed it before I had the lid off the tea and the milk stirred in. How do they do it?

[Smowball]

lol What trains can you buy a bottle of wine on??

[woofgang]

[i]The man in the article did not die from alcohol poisoning....

///He sustained a severe brain injury caused by cardiac respiratory arrest.

West Yorkshire coroner David Hinchliff said his alcohol level was 379 mg per 100 mls of blood which was almost five times the legal limit for driving.
It would have caused him to fall into a deep sleep, stifling his cough reflex and causing his stomach contents to enter his lungs.///[i]
yup, he vomited and inhaled it.

[woofgang]

and the italicker failed

[rowanwitch]

it was the /// wot dun it