Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Health Science Building, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2020 May;72:101962. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2020.101962. Epub 2020 Apr 13.
In the enforcement of drink driving laws failing to provide a breath specimen for alcohol analysis at the roadside when requested by a Police Officer is an offence in many countries. Some drivers claim that a lung disease prevented their ability to be successful. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the presence of a lung disease and the ability to provide a successful breath specimen using the Dräger 6510 screening device. Sixty participants with lung disease and nineteen control participants underwent pulmonary function tests and were then tested with a Dräger 6510 screening device. Only one participant was unsuccessful using the Dräger 6510, this participant suffered from interstitial lung disease. The pulmonary function test results did not indicate if someone would be successful or how many attempts would be needed to be successful. The presence of a lung disease did not indicate if a driver would be unsuccessful however all participants were free from infection and the participants with a lung disease were stable at the time of testing. Correct instruction, subject cooperation and the technique used by the driver to provide a breath specimen were found to be important factors in the success of a breath test.
在许多国家，当警察要求司机在路边提供酒精分析的呼气样本而未能提供时，这是一种违法行为。一些司机声称肺部疾病妨碍了他们成功提供样本的能力。本研究旨在调查使用 Dräger 6510 筛查设备时，肺部疾病的存在与提供成功呼气样本能力之间的关系。60 名患有肺部疾病的参与者和 19 名对照参与者接受了肺功能测试，然后使用 Dräger 6510 筛查设备进行了测试。只有一名参与者使用 Dräger 6510 筛查设备未能成功，该参与者患有间质性肺病。肺功能测试结果并未表明某人是否会成功，也未表明需要多少次尝试才能成功。肺部疾病的存在并不能表明驾驶员会失败，但是所有参与者均未感染，并且在测试时患有肺部疾病的参与者病情稳定。正确的指导、受测者的配合以及驾驶员提供呼气样本的技术被发现是呼气测试成功的重要因素。
