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Knowing how to properly care for a drunk person can sometimes save their life. When a person drinks too much alcohol, they can hurt themselves or others, risk death from alcohol poisoning or choking on vomit while sleeping. To take care of a drunk person, you need to recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning, ensure the person’s safety, and take the right steps to help them stay sober.
Steps
Check if the person is ok
- You can ask them, “How do you feel about yourself? Do you remember how much you drank? Did you eat anything?” That way you can guess how much they drank. If they have had more than 5 drinks on an empty stomach, they may be dangerously intoxicated and may require medical attention.
- If the person is speaking incoherently and doesn’t understand what you’re saying, it could be a sign of alcohol poisoning. Take them to the hospital as soon as possible. If you’ve also been drinking, don’t drive. Call an ambulance or have someone sober you trust drive you and the intoxicated person to the hospital.
Warning: There is a chance that they have been drugged with alcohol by someone, causing them to appear as severe alcohol poisoning. If you know how much alcohol they drank, you can guess if they were drugged. For example, if a person drinks only 1 or 2 glasses of wine and has symptoms like severe alcohol poisoning, they may have ingested something in the alcohol. If you suspect someone has been drugged, get them to the hospital right away.
- If the person hugs the toilet and doesn’t seem okay, you can say, “Hey, I’m here so you can call if you need anything. Let me help you keep your hair out of the way.”
- Don’t touch or move someone without asking first if it’s okay for you to do so.
- If the person faints, try to wake them up by calling out loud to see if they’re awake. Try asking “Hey man! Are you okay?”
- If they are unresponsive and appear to be unconscious, call 911 immediately.
- If the person has a seizure, their life is in danger. Don’t waste time: call an ambulance or get them to the hospital as soon as possible.
- Don’t drive if you’ve been drinking, and never let an intoxicated person drive. You should appoint a sane person to take the responsibility of driving or use a technology taxi app like Uber or Grabtaixi to get home safely.
- Take the intoxicated person to a comfortable and safe place such as their home or your home, or the home of a trusted friend.
Ensure safety for drunk people when sleeping
Tip: Remember the 4 signs to watch for alcohol poisoning: Cold or pale wet skin, unconsciousness, uncontrollable vomiting, and slow or irregular breathing. If an intoxicated person shows any of these signs, you should immediately take them to the hospital.
- Intoxicated people should lie in a position so that vomit comes out of their mouths if they vomit while sleeping.
- Fetal position is a safe position for drunk people to sleep.
- Put an extra pillow in front so they don’t roll over and make it difficult to breathe.
- After the first hour, you can check on the drunk about every hour if they seem fine.
- If you don’t know the person, ask who you can call to pick them up.
- Never let a drunk person watch over a drunk person. If you’ve also been drinking, ask someone sober to help keep an eye on them.
- If you are at a restaurant or bar and do not know a drunk person, tell the staff that a drunk person needs help there. Don’t leave them until you’re not sure someone takes care of them.
Help the drunk sober
- Try to be direct and don’t give them any more drinks. Say something like, “Listen, you’ve had too much to drink. I’m a bit worried. I won’t let you drink any more.”
- To avoid conflict with an aggressive drunk, try distracting them with a non-alcoholic drink or playing their favorite music or movie.
- If the drunk won’t listen to you, ask someone close to them to advise them not to drink.
- If you can’t convince the person and are worried they may be aggressive or hurt themselves or others, call the police.
- Give the intoxicated person a full glass of water before going to bed.
- Give them a sports drink like Gatorade to replace the sodium and electrolytes lost by drinking alcohol.
- Remember not to overfeed or they will vomit. A sandwich and a few fries is fine, but don’t let them eat a whole pizza and three sandwiches at once; otherwise they will vomit.
- If the drunk doesn’t want to eat much, you can try giving them some salty snacks like peanuts or salty crackers.
- Black coffee can irritate the stomach and cause vomiting if the person is not used to drinking it.
Tip: Giving a drunk person a cup of coffee can help if you’re afraid they’ll fall asleep, but remember they also need to drink at least a cup of water to offset the dehydrating effects of coffee.
- If they want to vomit, stay close to them so they don’t fall and get hurt. Vomiting is a natural reflex of the body to get rid of alcohol that may be in the stomach.
- Even a full night’s sleep was not enough to fully process the amount of alcohol they drank. They should not drive if they are still under the influence of alcohol.
Warning
- Never let an intoxicated person drive or operate machinery. If they insist on driving, try stealing their car keys or calling the police to prevent them from hurting themselves or others.
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Knowing how to properly care for a drunk person can sometimes save their life. When a person drinks too much alcohol, they can hurt themselves or others, risk death from alcohol poisoning or choking on vomit while sleeping. To take care of a drunk person, you need to recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning, ensure the person’s safety, and take the right steps to help them stay sober.
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