Injuries Reduced When Victim Intoxicated
October 16, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Drink, Health
It happens a lot. We read or hear of a drunk driving crash (I refuse to call it an accident) and while the victims are severely hurt or killed, the drunk driver walks away, virtually unhurt. Or, even if hurt, they recover quickly. It always makes me wonder about the effect of alcohol on the body when it gets hurt. Now it seems, there’s proof that being drunk limits the amount of damage the body sustains in a trauma.
Researchers studied almost 8000 people who had been hurt in accidents. They were looking to see if alcohol in the body at …read more
