{To Do List}

Have a lot of things on your "to do list"? Work, school, friends, family....Here are some things you have to do if your friend has been drinking a lot:

DO stay with a person who is drunk and keep them safe
DO find out how much a person has had to drink
DO find out if a drunk person has also used *drugs

DO take an intoxicated person's car keys away
DO check for the signs of ALCOHOL POISONING:

• Is the person passing out and not able to be roused?
• Is the person vomiting?
• Does the person have pale or blue-tinged skin?
• Is the person seizing?
• Is the person breathing irregularly or snoring while asleep?
• Is this person confused or very disoriented?

If the answer to any of these, or any combination of these is yes...

DO call 911 or the police. 

"He's sleeping it off. Sleeping it off doesn't sober you up. Even after a person passes out, 

blood alcohol content continues to rise. The only thing that reverses the affects of alcohol is 

time-something a person with alcohol poisoning may not have."

Here are some things to never do:

DONT leave a drunk person alone; unattended to

DONT assume a person has not had that much to drink

DONT let an intoxicated person consume more alcohol or use any drugs

DONT let a drunk person drive or walk home, especially in inclement weather 

DONT assume a drunk person is "sleeping it off" if they could be unconscious

DONT try to feed a person who is passing out, they could choke

DONT try to give a person who is passing out water or other fluids, inhalation leads to choking

DONT put a drunk person in the bath or shower, a drunk person can drown in just inches of water

DONT fail to call 911 for a person with alcohol poisoning out of fear of legal retribution.

*"drugs" can refer to any type of medication such as a prescription or illegal drug.

Poster images courtesy of: www.safecampusesnow.org