PBL 1 - Sam Gets Into Trouble

Malini wants to make sure she doesn’t get drunk at the End of Semester Afterparty and so, asks Will to supervise how many standard drinks she has over the night. However, he doesn’t remember how many grams of ethanol is in one standard drink and so asks his fellow friends. Who is correct?

Amy, being underage, is not allowed to go to the afterparty :( Instead, Amy decides to do fill her night with fun by volunteering at a nearby hospital overnight. A pregnant woman there asks Amy how many standard drinks she allowed to consume before causing damage to the foetus. Which of the following is correct?

A prospective Monash University student asks Lachie what he found tough when he moved to a rural setting to living on campus. Out of the following list, which of these challenges are often experienced by university students (more than 1 answer)?

Tushar has absolutely no life and decides to look up statistics on underage drinking instead of going to the afterparty. He finds that underage drinking is becoming an increasing concern in Australian society with the average drinking age dropping to as low as 15.7 years. Approximately what percentage of adolescents between 14 to 17 years of age drink alcohol?

Yes or No: Tushar finds a source that claims underage drinking is more prevalent in rural and remote areas. Is this correct?

Mark loses yet another basketball game and to drown his sorrows, he decides to go to the afterparty. However, when offered alcohol, he rejects it and starts listing out a range of neurological reasons why he does not want to drink. Which of the following is a bullshit reason (i.e. Which one is false) given by Mark?

The other Mark (Pimal), on the other hand, is going all out on the alcohol at the party. However, he claims that he has a strategy in place to ensure he has reduced absorption of the alcohol. Which of the following strategies will not affect Mark’s alcohol absorption?

After having a few too many drinks, Gaya and Ganan start arguing again. Gaya thinks that alcohol is primarily metabolised by the liver while Ganan thinks alcohol is primarily metabolised by the kidneys. Who is correct?

Yes or No: Sarah wants to make sure she comes back home sober and so, she decides to drink excessively right at the start of the night to increase the rate at which her body metabolises alcohol. Will this strategy work?

Helena notices that Daniel is getting the Asian flush before everyone even heads to the second pub. Helena concludes that this is because there is a build up of:

Ayushica, being the whiz kid she is, knows that drinking will cause her to become hypoglycaemic and hence, decides not to consume alcohol during the night. However, Emma is too drunk to remember why alcohol causes hypoglycaemia. Which of the following reasons would Ayushica give to Emma with regards to alcohol causing hypoglycaemia?

Beverley and Andy are competing to see who can become sober more quickly after their drinking spree at the afterparty. Which of the following will not affect alcohol elimination rates?

Vinoja drank a little bit too much at the afterparty. When Jayan did a quick blood test, he realised her BAC was between 0.08% and 0.15%. Which of the following symptoms is Vinoja most likely to display?

Zara, another studious medical student, decided to spend her evening volunteering at the local aged-care facility rather than going to the afterparty. There she met an elderly man who revealed he had been a chronic drinker. Which of the following is a likely outcome of the man’s drinking problem?

It is clear to Caroline that Hannah is drunk. She is showing all the different symptoms present in intoxicated individuals. Which of the following is not a symptom of excessive alcohol consumption?

Yes or No: When they arrive at the hospital, Amy (who was volunteering at the same hospital) asks for consent from Hannah but she seems too drunk to respond. Consequently, Amy decides to notify the doctor and perform treatment without Hannah’s consent. Is Amy protected legally?

Tests are performed on Hannah (such as serum glucose levels, electrolyte levels and ethanol levels) that indeed confirm she is intoxicated. Which of the following is not considered a part of the initial care of an intoxicated patient in the ED?

Yes or No: Shiva is another afterparty attender who decides not to drink. She believes that consistent alcohol consumption lead to the development of mental illnesses and pre-existing mental illnesses can engender a habit of alcohol abuse/alcohol dependency. Is she correct?

Which of the following questions are necessary to ask if someone claims that they drink during the medical interview (more than 1 answer)?