Widmark formula is used in which poisoning:
A. Blood alcohol concentrationB. Predicting time elapsed since last drink
C. Carbolic acid poisoning
D. Clephos poisoning
E. Barbiturate
Answer. A. Blood alcohol
concentration ; (B) Predicting time elapsed
since last drink.
The
Widmark Equation is a useful tool for:
- Predicting Blood
Alcohol Concentration (BAC).
- Predicting time
elapsed since the last drink.
- Estimating how
many drinks were consumed if the time of the last drink and BAC are known.
BAC
is given by formula:
BAC
=
r = 0.68 for males and 0,55 for females
