Originally Posted by
tdracer
Ah, not comatose - dead. I doubt even a hard core alcoholic would survive a 1.0% blood alcohol content.
tdr, I agree. I originally intended to write "dead", then found many cases (via google) wherein people have survived with a BAC well over 1%. But I'm sure you're correct for most cases. Maybe a good way to describe the effects of 1% BAC would be "at best comatose, very likely dead". In any case, the above mentioned crew member was most likely measured as ".1%" in which case the person was clearly intoxicated.