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Recognizing the symptoms or a lethal dose of alcohol

By Steve Lombardi

How do you recognize the symptoms of alcohol LD?

Symptoms of alcohol poisoning start with nausea and progress to vomiting. The person will then pass out, be difficult or impossible to awaken, not be responsive to painful stimuli (such as pinching), have slow shallow breathing and the reflexes are absent.

What is the most important step in saving the life of a young person with a LD of alcohol?

Act and act quickly. Don't hesitate, because the problems can escalate if the person dies. It's as simple as putting aside all of the parental, peer and legal implications and dialing 911.

Here is how drinking gets out of hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQHw3tl8tL4

The Consequences of Teenaged DUI Driving – Car cut in two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdvOL-PuiKU

Drunk Driver on the Highway – The way to get arrested

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja42o3m_o5Y

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).