You may be aware of certain hacks to sober up, but researchers have found a way to actually get booze out of our systems faster. And this discovery could help first responders when facing alcohol overdoses.
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Hyperventilation: buteykoclinic.com/docs/The%2BPathophysiology%2Bof%2BHyperventilation%2BDisorders_1460399407.pdf
New CO2 mask tech
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Dialysis for alcohol
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Is There a Way to Sober Up Faster?
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My dad was always just making push ups lol I assume this doesn't work then? Haha
Why human breath oxygen and breathe out co2?
I am so fu king derunk
I feel like there’s gotta be some homemade way to mimic this.
Sober up? sounds like a party foul, you better drink
I fewl sick
All thanks to real _Hackman on Instagram for helping me recover my hacked Gmail
I have an ozone generating appliance that helps me feel better when I'm drunk, have some other toxicosis, headache related nausea. seems to help pets after surgeries as well. good to hear scientists discovered it as well.
I believe Scishow made a video a few years back contradicting this claim of 'no means to sober up faster'. Or at least in part. They reported on a study that had found that drinking sprite (among other tested drinks) helped break down the compound that causes headaches while drinking black tea extends the time it takes to do the same. So while it may not help with feeling drunk, it does speed up recovery time - which at least for me is part of sobering up.
There was a study published by the university of televev that claimed that hyperbaric oxygen chambers could lengthen telomeres and slow or reverse aging. This seems crazy. Is this study real and is there real science behind this study
Could we use our own co2 by exhaling into the mouth or nose of someone in an ethilic coma as a way to save them? I'm genuinely curious
I would've loved to be part of that study. Maybe the researchers would like to do a follow up test to see if the results are reproducible? callme 😊🍻
So about adding that Crown Royale to Coke....
The book "30 Days to Sobriety" by Harper Daniels takes a mindfulness approach. Alcohol is a toxin that tricks the mind into believing its needed....there's also a lot of societal conditioning involved. I recommend the book. It's short. Pass it on or post it on social media....you can really help someone out.
Poop the alcohol out!
Hyperventilate into a brown paper bag?
Medical research priorities in 2020. 😅🤣
Does this work the same way with THC
What if humans safely figured out cryogenic freezing and sent us in a spaceship in the trajectory of Earth's supposed location in 10000 years, and later when the earth reaches the predicted path nearing the spaceship is it possible that person will be the first to time travel and is it possible it has already happened?
Try CBD
I know of two things that actually helps, drinking lots of water have sex and drink some more water. 👍👏🙂
Thanks for calling it what it is: alcohol overdose. Alcohol poisoning is just misleading
Relatively large doses of fructose are somewhat effective in sobering up faster. "Here we show that fructose, at a dose of 1 g / kg, fulfils the criteria for such an agent. When ingested by healthy volunteers who had imbibed ethanol equivalent to 8 standard tots, it reduced the time required to attain a legal blood alcohol level (50 mg%) by approximately 70 min (n = 9)." "Effect of oral fructose on ethanol elimination from the bloodstream : research in action" www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sabinet/sajsci/2003/00000099/00000001/art00016
CO2 aye? Alright, take a few big puffs of your tailpipe before driving home and you're good to go... Got it
So just inhale for 3 sec and exhale for 1 sec then hold your breath for 3 sec?
My buddy was a paramedic, it was a real breath of fresh air (pun intended) to get a few breaths of O² I never got to try the infamous "bananabags" (IV with some cocktail to dilute the blood thingy magic) But O² is an instant hangover cure.
But wouldn't leveling out the amount of CO2 stop it from leaving the lungs and thus suffocate the recipient? I get that the effects of alcohol no longer affect a dead person, but that kinda defeats the point, doesn't it?
yeah drink less
I want to get buzzed and drunk ... WITHOUT ethanol / alcohol. Can science do this please? kthxbye
'Gets rid of ethanol quicker than if they were breathing without a mask.' Question is what were they doing breathing without a mask these days?
Well. I heard of a few things that help you be less drunk. 1. Cocaine. 2. Dihydromyristicin (that enhances the enzyme, that breaks down the alcohol)
Hospitals have O2 tanks as well as CO2, and air tanks to control the exact mixture of gases for a ventilated patient. The helium is used because it’s lighter than air and mixed with oxygen for instructions but CO2 is used far more common then heliox.
Can you make a video about "Ice-7"? I'm really interested in the subject and would like to find out more.
Or... just don't drink to excess, idiots.
*snickering* I'll Huff and I'll puff and I'll ... pass out =P
Funny how most stock footage is definately Slav :)
I breath more when I run and don't hyperventilate.
You try getting an overly drunk barfly to go along with that scheme... I'll wait :D
So basically just take Co2 catriges from life vest, puncture it and consume it then magocally get sober 🤔😉
I have another idea....don't drink Alcohol There
You could adapt dry ice to have the resources during a party.
Don't want to get drunk? Drink water before and during alcohol consumption.
Good luck getting someone with alcohol poisoning to do anything let alone hyperventilate on command...
What about other drugs lol
I’ve always heard about people sweating alcohol out.
1. There is one illegal drug that could, if safely regulated, completely replace alcohol. Same exact effect but completely sober in 30 min. No hangover. 2. Why doesn't every bar have a breathalyzer at the door, so you can check before you leave 3. You could just not drink
from what you said, it might help to just hyperventilate into a paper bag. You breathe a lot but dont get oversaturated with oxygen, as you breathe teh CO2 back. Someone should make a study on that :P
Take a cold bath..
Why energy transfer law in tropic level of food web is 10% for plant having very little metabolism and 10% for deer 🦌 which have much higher metabolism.
first people find ways to get drunk and then over drunk and now ways to overcome the over drunk👏👏👏 What a waste of time and intelligence of people.
Only proven "scientific" method? *Drink less the night before...lol.*
how can a first responder know your co2 levels. might a mask administering co 2 make you sicker?
Cool is inventing something (small like a watch ring bracelet) capable os reading alcohol in the blood and u stop just where u want
I heard some people get drunk by beer, as someone from the balkans I do not quite get it - in restaurants here beer is not even listed in the alcohol drinks in the menu, it is separate section
A cheaper alternative is unswallowing or exswallowing the alcohol in your body into a suitable container or at least directed towards one 👍
Why?
Our home made aclohol test for my late grandfather was to take a drop of his blood and check if it ignites near a flame. Yes, he was a heavy drinker, there’s a reason why he’s my _late_ grandfather. Poe warning: no, we did’t actually do that. It was a running joke in the family.
Good thing I’m watching this while shitfaced
Breathalyzer- hyper ventilate but don’t get caught doing it. It works
What if you cut your own liver in half and transplant it into your own body so you grow a second full liver? :o Me... I just drink a lot of water and take a nap.
Why not give people two livers?
Question: Given how advanced our study of science has become why havent we managed pepetual motion as of yet?
I saw a group of people heaving in a circle yesterday, some of them probably watch Scishow.
I think the real question here was, "How do I beat a breathalyzer?" hahaha.
Lay face down on the coldest tile floor you can find and thrash about uncomfortably until you either puke, or stop spinning, then chug some propel or Gatorade and you are good to go
The poor drunk guy in the snow! lol 😂
I had a first aid instructor tell us that breathing oxygen can help get rid of a hang over
Haven’t you heard about eating curd or yogurt? It sobers you up fast . I am from india it is a common practice and it works.
The best way to prevent a hangover from happening is by drinking a glass of water. It should be at least medium sized, about 200ml minimum. Drink one glass of water with every alcoholic beverage you drink. One entire bottle of booze should be drunk with at least three glasses of water depending on how strong the alcohol is.
Good looking stock video of downtown Nashville.... You should come do a live show at TPAC when the covid is over....
LSD can help you sober up and so can amphetamins.
Ok, not cool to ridicule physical traits, but is he purposely trying to make his arms & torso look like Kermit the frog? Genuine question.
What are the impacts of drinking bleach on the human body?
So cold showers help?
Magnesium Phosphate 🤣
I woke up one morning to find I had to go get a random breathalyzer, with only a 2 hour window to do so. I checked myself and was still at .06. Panic ensued. I did jumping jacks like crazy, ate a sandwich, took the dog for a long walk... the BAC would go down but as soon as I stops exercising it would start climbing back up again. I made it to the testing place right before they closed and amazingly tested .000. Way too close though!
Why did I happen to see this whilst drunk already regretting drinking in anticipation of tomorrow’s hangover
That might also explain why some people swear by exercise as a way to sober up faster- it normally causes heavier breathing.
Next video: Is there a way to get drunk faster? I volunteer to help with the research.
0:26 What street intersection in what city is that? The sign on the right seems to be "Opry", which may be in Nashville. Somebody should be able to recognize the place.
So, stop at the highly secure science lab before going through the checkpoint ... Got it! 🥴👍✨
Could the same effect be produced with a paper bag?
Make ✍️ CO2 ✍️ breathing ✍️ machine ✍️
I learned this trick some-time ago: Take a teaspoon of baking SODA (NOT BAKING POWDER!), added to 1/3 (or so) to a glass of warm-water. Drinking it slowly. This, I learned, will BALANCE THE BODY'S "PH" [it's this "BALANCING OF BODY 'PH' THAT MADE ME RECENTLY LITERALLY FALL-IN-LOVE WITH USING BAKING SODA WITH WATER TO HELP REDUCE HEADACHES, UPSET STOMACH, ETC...]) levels in your blood system & reduce hangovers. It's NOT a cure-all, BUT it will help balance the blood-system against excessive effects of alcohol.
Hmm.. over a 100k views in less than 24 hours... at least 98k are probably college students.
So.. we just need to correct the imbalance via gas pathway-ing? interesting..
LET'S GET THIS GLOBAL WARMING GOING
Find a functioning alcoholic and see if he can do anything better than sober people!
This is really interesting. I'm curious how on earth you'd get someone who's severely intoxicated to hyperventilate into a mask, let alone do that without vomiting.
Just don’t drink alcohol. It’s all bad.
Funny that I theorized this to my friends when I am drunk. Now I can show them this video to prove it.
Why's the thumbnail look like Adam Neely though?
Taking a quick dip or swim in water seems to sober me up somewhat. Maybe its because of the breathing thing. Also, is there any correlation between being submerged in water and alcohol? I mean. Sometimes we hang out in a buddys cabin, getting drunk in his Jacuzzi. It kinda feels like the alcohol have a harder time to kick in. Until you get up and get dry, then it suddenly hits like a truck.
What about smoking while heavily breathing? I mean, the smoker's lungs as mine could not exchange particles as efficiently, but could work. nevermind, tobacco smoke doesn't contain CO2. ...what a bout vaping a soda?
judging by how fast you get dizzy when hyperventilating, it should be no surprise that it can get rid of a lot of alcohol pretty quickly
Carbs. Just eat a lot of carbs. Sober up real fast
I knew it !!!!
I'm desperately looking for an answer to this question: why adding date seeds to your pot makes your dry legumes cook faster, and your meat way more tender ? See, here (algeria) dates are a common fruit, and we don't usually use rehydrated legumes, we rather use dry ones that last longer ... and when we cook them we put like three date seeds in the usually pressure pot with the dry legumes and it makes them cook real fast !!!
Is it possible to cause a false positive on a breathalyzer?