ARE FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON ALCOHOL USE SAFE

损伤是总体发病率和死亡率的重要原因， 是儿童和年轻人死亡的主要原因。酒精的 交通伤害的贡献是有据可查的， 令人信服的证据表明，饮酒也在一个 很大一部分其他非故意和故意伤害 事件虽然联邦酒精限制BAC 0.04的操作， 商业船只已经生效了近十年， 这一水平对船舶操纵性能的影响尚未得到评估。因此我们 建议衡量业绩是否大幅下降， 都是目前法律的限度内的证据此外，真正的贡献 酒精对伤害的影响可能被低估了，因为大多数关于酒精的研究都是关于酒精对伤害的影响。 饮酒致伤的风险集中在急性酒精暴露。在 相反，拟议的研究还将审查剩余风险， 酒精暴露对船舶操纵性能的影响 中毒后一天我们选择了模拟商船 出于若干原因，将处理作为业绩的衡量标准;（a） 先进的设备可以用来模拟船 处理性能有几个原因;（a）先进的设备， （B）公共政策 规定了酒精的使用，以及一些类型的 公共和私人交通工具;及（c）很少就 酒精对商船操作的影响我们将进行两次 评估0.04 gm% BAC的急性效应的随机研究， 0.10 gm% BAC后的尾流效应对使用两种 相对缺乏经验的海事学员和经验丰富的船舶官员。 本研究的结果将提供以下风险的信息： 宿醉伤害，并可能告知公共政策，酒精使用， 与商业船舶运营。

Injury is a significant cause of overall morbidity and mortality and the leading cause of death among children and young adults. Alcohol's contribution to traffic injuries is well documented and there is compelling evidence that drinking also plays a causal role in a substantial proportion of other unintentional and intentional injury events. Although the federal alcohol limit of BAC 0.04 for operation of commercial vessels has been in force for almost a decade, the effects of this level on ship handling performance have not been evaluated. Thus, we propose to measure whether or not significant decrements in performance are evidence at the current legal limit. Moreover, the true contribution of alcohol to injury may be underestimated because most studies of the risks of drinking for injury focus on acute exposure to alcohol. In contrast, the proposed study will also examine the risks of residual (hangover) effects of alcohol exposure on ship handling performance the day following intoxication. We have selected simulated commercial ship handling as a measure of performance for several reasons; (a) sophisticated equipment is available is available to simulate ship handling performance for several reasons; (a) sophisticated equipment is available to simulate ship handling performance; (b) public policy regulates the use of alcohol in conjunction with a number of types of public and private transport; and (c) little research has been done on alcohol's effects on commercial ship handling. We will conduct two randomized studies to assess the acute effects of 0.04 gm% BAC and hangover effects after 0.10 gm% BAC on stimulated ship guidance using both relatively inexperienced maritime cadets and experienced ship officers. The results of this study will provide information on the risks of hangovers for injury and may inform public policy on alcohol use in conjunction with commercial ship operation.