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Tag Archives: alcohol

How Can a Forensic Nurse Help in Your DUI Case?

Assault, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, General Medical, Homicide, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

DUI Prevalence According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2020, there were 11,654 deaths from drunk driving crashes, which equates to one person every 45 minutes and/or 32 people per day. This…

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Alcohol Intoxication or Medical Issue?

Criminal Law, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Alcohol, trauma, or underlying medical condition? The legal limit of blood alcohol content is set by the US Department of Motor Vehicles at 0.08%. However, not everyone presents the same way clinically, as different individuals…

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Auto Brewery Syndrome

Criminal Law, DUI, General MedicalBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is ABS? Auto brewery syndrome is a rare condition in which the gastrointestinal system produces ethanol through fermentation by fungi or bacteria in the gut. Normal digestion does produce some ethanol, but this process…

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The Danger of Microsleep

DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

What is a Microsleep? Have you ever been sitting in front of your computer and dozed off for a brief second, only to be jerked awake by a head-snap? If so, you have experienced a…

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Are alcoholics really at fault for their crimes?

Assault, Domestic Violence, DUI, General Medical, Mitigation, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

In April, I covered delirium and noted that there are many underlying etiologies that can cause it. One such etiology is Wernicke encephalopathy. What is encephalopathy? Encephalopathy is a general term describing any disease of…

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Involuntary Intoxication when mixing Cocaine and Alcohol…? {MH/Tox}

Assault, Criminal Law, DUI, Psych/Mental Health, ToxicologyBy Tara Godoy

What if someone knows how cocaine affects them, and they know how alcohol affects them, but not how they can affect them when taken together? The use of both cocaine and alcohol together results in…

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FASD: Legal Implications

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Individuals with FASD have difficulty with assessment, judgment, and reasoning, and often repeat the same mistakes multiple times because of their disabilities. They also do not understand the consequences of their actions. These behavioral impairments…

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What are the effects of FASD?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

The most serious and most common cause of mental retardation in the U.S. is fetal alcohol syndrome. The effects of FASD depend on the timing and frequency of alcohol consumption during the pregnancy. Some of…

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FASD: Who is at risk?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, regardless of timing and amount, she is at risk of having a child with a FASD. Alcohol can affect an embryo before a woman knows she is…

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: What is it?

Child Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Labor & Delivery, Pediatrics, Psych/Mental Health, Psych/Mental Health (Civil), ToxicologyBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Prenatal alcohol exposure is the single leading preventable cause of neuro-developmental disorders (Zagorski, 2015). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a blanket term for a number of effects that can occur in an individual who was…

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