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Recovery position

Alcohol is a drug that depresses the central nervous system. Alcohol affects your thinking, decision-making and behaviour. Excessive use of alcohol can lead to unconsciousness, choking, and death.

Emergency Recovery Position
If someone passes out from drinking alcohol, use the Rescue Position.
This will prevent him or her from choking.
 
  1. Raise the person’s arm closest to you straight above the head. Straighten the leg closest to you. Bend the other leg at the knee and bring the other arm across the chest
  2. Place your hands on the shoulder and hip. Gently roll the person towards you. Guard the head.
  3. Tilt the head to maintain airway. Tuck nearest hand under the cheek to help maintain head tilt. If you must leave the person to call 911 or go for help, place a pillow or other support behind his or her back to prevent him or her from rolling onto his or her back.
 Call 911 if your friend:
  • is unconscious and cannot be awakened.
  • is breathing slowly or irregularly. This usually means less than eight times a minute, or ten seconds or more between two breaths.
  • has cool, clammy skin.
  • has unusually pale or bluish skin.
  • vomits while passed out and does not wake up during or after vomiting.
If you must leave the person to call 911 or go for help, place a pillow or other support behind his or her back to prevent him or her from rolling onto his or her back.

Drink drugging

Always be alert for sudden changes in the way you or your friends feel or act after having a drink.

Watch for:

  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • dizziness
  • confusion
  • disorientation
  • drowsiness
  • memory loss
  • loss of peripheral vision
  • feeling of heaviness in arms and legs, or
  • feeling more drunk than you normally would after drinking alcohol.

If these or any other unexplained symptoms suddenly appear, get to a safe place immediately by calling a family member, a friend or 911.

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