Evans R P, McDermott F T
Med J Aust. 1981 Feb 21;1(4):185-6. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135445.x.
The use of a fuel cell alcometer for breath testing of blood alcohol concentrations of road crash casualties in a casualty department has been evaluated. A high correlation (r=0.89) was shown between the alcometer breath test results and those obtained by blood analysis at the Victoria Police Forensic Laboratory on 100 road crash casualties. The fuel cell alcometer breath test results were above the legal limit (0.05 g/100 mL) in all casualties in whom the blood analysis result exceeded this level. The facility of obtaining an immediate blood alcohol concentration through the use of a fuel cell alcometer permits the early identification and referral of patients with high blood alcohol concentrations to Alcohol and Drug-dependent Services. After further experience, the fuel cell alcometer may also gain a place as a screening device in Australian States which have enacted legislation for compulsory blood alcohol tests on adult road crash casualties. If so, it could obviate the need to take blood from casualties with a negative alcohol concentration.
已对在急诊科使用燃料电池酒精检测仪对道路交通事故伤亡者进行血液酒精浓度呼气测试进行了评估。在维多利亚警方法医实验室，对100名道路交通事故伤亡者进行检测后发现，酒精检测仪呼气测试结果与血液分析结果之间存在高度相关性（r = 0.89）。在所有血液分析结果超过法定限值（0.05 g/100 mL）的伤亡者中，燃料电池酒精检测仪呼气测试结果均高于法定限值。通过使用燃料电池酒精检测仪能够立即获得血液酒精浓度，这有助于早期识别血液酒精浓度高的患者，并将其转诊至酒精和药物依赖服务机构。经过进一步实践，燃料电池酒精检测仪在已颁布针对成年道路交通事故伤亡者进行强制性血液酒精检测立法的澳大利亚各州，也可能成为一种筛查设备。如果是这样，就无需对酒精浓度为阴性的伤亡者采血。
