Can 2 large bottles of vodka kill a person?

Question

If a person drinks 2 large bottles of vodka by himself, will he die of it?

I only read about this from a novel. I am not a habitual drinker. And I surely do not drink vodka. I have low alcohol tolerance. I'm just curious to know if drinking 2 large bottles of vodka can actually kill a person.

Answer 1

Yes, read below:

Mechanisms of alcohol poisoning

Alcohol depresses nerves that control involuntary actions such as breathing, the heart beat, and the gag reflex (prevents choking). A fatal dose of alcohol will eventually stop these functions. After the victim stops drinking, the heart keeps beating, and alcohol in the stomach continues to enter the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body.

As a result, the following can happen:

Victim chokes on own vomit
Breathing slows, becomes irregular, stops
Heart beats irregularly or stops
Hypothermia (low body temperature) leads to cardiac arrest
Hypoglycemia (too little blood sugar) leads to seizures
Even if the victim lives, AOD can lead to irreversible brain damage. Rapid binge drinking (which often happens on a bet or a dare) is especially dangerous because the victim can ingest a fatal dose before becoming unconscious.

Critical signs for alcohol poisoning:

Mental confusion, stupor, coma, or person cannot be roused
No response to pinching the skin
Vomiting while sleeping
Seizures
Slow breathing (less than 8 breaths per minute)
Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths)
Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness
Many people try different methods to reverse the effects of alcohol to become sober. Most of these methods are myths, and they don’t work.

Some common myths:

Drinking black coffee
Taking a cold bath or shower
Sleeping it off
Walking it off

If you suspect that someone may have ingested a fatal dose of alcohol, help is required immediately:

Call 911 or the emergency medical number.
Stay with the victim.
Keep the victim from choking on vomit.
Tell emergency medical technicians the symptoms and, if you know, how much alcohol the victim drank. Prompt action may save the life of a friend, or your own.

When medical personnel arrive, they should:

Protect the airway. This usually means inserting a tube into the trachea to protect it from vomit. Turning the victim on his/her side is not sufficient protection.
Administer oxygen.
Monitor breathing, and place victim on respirator if necessary.
Monitor glucose and other levels in blood.
Administer medication if convulsions are present.

Some conventional treatments do not work for AOD:

Pumping the stomach
Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting
Activated charcoal
Narcan (to reverse the effects of the central nervous system depressant)

Bystanders (friends, parents, strangers) have a responsibility:

Know the danger signals (see “Critical Signs” section).
Do not wait for all symptoms to be present.
Be aware that a person who has passed out may die.
If there is any suspicion of AOD, call 911 or the emergency number for help. Don’t try to guess the level of drunkeness.

What you can do – A call to action

Write letters to your local editor using this information the next time you notice a news story about an underage drinking incident or underage impaired driving crash.
Encourage your school principal to present programs on alcohol awareness in health classes.
Refuse to host underage drinking parties.
Take part in the RID county survey of alcohol-related deaths.

For more information about alcohol poisoning, write or fax questions to:

RID-USA, Inc.
P.O. Box 520
Schenectady, NY 12301
Fax: [phone]

Answer 2

Large Bottles Of Vodka

Answer 3

I got alcohol poisoning and almost died from 3/4 of a large bottle of vodka when I was 15. If I hadn't thrown up I would have died.

Answer 4

The second bottle could be un-necessary. If you check the source that Ru'ach cited and massage the numbers you can easily see how a person regardless of size could die from alcohol if a large enough quantity was ingested in a short enough period of time.
Scary stuff
BTW ; You know that proof/2 = alcohol %

Answer 5

Most likely it would kill someone via alcohol poisoning.

Considering most people can get smashed on 7-20 shots. And a bottle of vodka can have, say, 200+ shots... It would probably kill you.

Answer 6

That much alcohol all other things being equal should kill you or at least put you in a coma, but

I did it in one day about 15 years ago in Moscow.

One bottle at mid day and one and more in the evening. (I had to keep pace with my hosts ... (different hosts for each meal)

I guess it helped that I ate thousands and thousands and thousands of calories of very fatty food with it. At the time I was 5'9" 240lbs. I was very drunk but was still able to walk and navigate my way across the city to the flat I was sleeping in.

I couldn't do that much alcohol anymore, nor would I want to.

Answer 7

I'd wager that it depends on the size of the person and their tolerance for alcohol. For most people, drinking that much vodka would definitely necessitate a trip to the emergency room and yeah, it might even kill them.

Answer 8

I've seen my neighbor drink a half gallon, a liter then a fifth of 5 O'Clock Vodka. All that in under 24 hours. She was in her late 20's.

It can though.

Answer 9

you sure could. Blood alcohol toxicity occurs at about 0.4% blood alchol. A 160 pound person drinking a fifth of vodka in 8 hours would be over 0.4.

Answer 10

Being a scientist, I will have to run this experiment. I will get back to you in 2 days with the results. If you don't hear from me again, then the answer is Yes, It will kill you.

Whish me luck!!!