Blood and Breath Tests

WEBVTT 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:12.160 One of the things that we've learned is that we need to get 100% of the 00:00:12.185 --> 00:00:14.940 information from a blood test result. 00:00:14.965 --> 00:00:19.180 The state wants to give you about 20%, but sometimes when you get the whole thing, 00:00:19.205 --> 00:00:23.480 you can see patterns in the testing that show that there are problems 00:00:23.505 --> 00:00:25.560 with the test results. 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:30.340 I know a lot of people can feel that it's hopeless if there's a blood test, 00:00:30.365 --> 00:00:35.660 but there are so many things that can go wrong with a blood test result. 00:00:35.685 --> 00:00:36.580 At St. 00:00:36.605 --> 00:00:41.840 Louis Huffman Law, we challenge those all the time, and we will give you your 00:00:41.865 --> 00:00:45.680 best opportunity to be the blood test. 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.440 There's a reason that hospitals don't have breath testing equipment to find out 00:00:49.465 --> 00:00:53.320 somebody's alcohol concentration, and that's because they need to 00:00:53.345 --> 00:00:55.180 have accurate, reliable results. 00:00:55.205 --> 00:01:00.415 There are a lot of things that make breath tests unreliable. 00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:02.060 There are certain medical conditions. 00:01:02.085 --> 00:01:07.570 If you have acid reflux, if you have diabetes, that can affect a breath test. 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:12.180 But even if you're completely healthy, how long you blow into the machine, 00:01:12.205 --> 00:01:15.700 your body temperature when you're blowing into the machine, 00:01:15.725 --> 00:01:21.600 the rate at which your body exchanges alcohol between your breath and your 00:01:21.625 --> 00:01:25.960 blood, because the machine is going to assume that you're average. 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.420 Frankly, we don't care how much alcohol is on your breath. 00:01:29.445 --> 00:01:34.620 We care about how much alcohol is in your blood affecting your brain. 00:01:34.645 --> 00:01:39.240 What we always say is that a breath alcohol result is accurate 00:01:39.265 --> 00:01:43.020 plus or minus 43%. 00:01:43.045 --> 00:01:48.280 If you've got a breath test result, you need somebody who knows how to 00:01:48.305 --> 00:01:52.920 challenge the results, come see us at St. Louis Huffman Law.