The new year has just begun and there will be lot of long holidays this year. As a medical practitioner, many of us must have come across a highly intoxicated person who consumed alcoholic beverage beyond tolerable limits. What strategy should be applied while managing these patients? This article provides a glimpse. India is a country where one or the other celebration is always happening.
Many of us celebrate our festivals with strict codes but many of our fellow citizens still indulge in consuming alcoholic drink during the celebrations. In fact, in some cultures alcohol consumption is a norm during the celebrations. Consuming alcohol within the limits on few occasions is not harmful but when someone consumes an alcohol beyond limits it becomes a crisis for the person and society. Ethanol is the main constituent in the alcoholic beverages. The percentage of ethanol varies from 3.8%…
