911 tips
Would you know what to do in an emergency situation if your friend has had too much to drink or has taken a drug? This is what happened the night Joey died – be sure you don’t make the same mistakes. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR FRIEND, AND CALL 911.
1:00 AM – YOUR FRIEND TAKES/DRINKS SOMETHING
Joey ingests a drug called GHB on the back porch of a party being held at his fraternity house. He is already drunk after a night of heavy drinking. He is with his friends.
1:30 AM – YOUR FRIEND COLLAPSES
Joey is walking down the hall inside the fraternity house and collapses against a wall and falls to the ground unconscious. His friends, not knowing any better, put him to bed to “sleep it off.” If a friend had collapsed in broad daylight, would you put your friend to bed? NO, this is serious. Call 911.
2:00 AM – YOUR FRIEND WON’T WAKE UP
A friend checks on Joey, but cannot wake him by pushing him or shouting his name. He leaves the room not thinking much of it. If you cannot wake your friend or get any response, call 911.
YOU FRIEND ISN’T BREATHING NORMALLY
At this point, Joey was most likely breathing abnormally, but his friend didn’t know to check for this. If your friend is breathing slowly, and there are more than 10 seconds between each breath, call 911.
2:30 AM – YOUR FRIEND HAS CLAMMY OR BLUISH SKIN
Another friend decides to check on Joey, and when he walks in the door, he sees that Joey’s lips are blue. He freaks out and calls a bunch of friends into the room to check out the situation. Instead of calling 911 right away, they argue about what to do. “Should we call 9-1-1? But Joey would be mad! We don’t want to get in trouble, neither would he! What do we do?!” As soon as you notice something is wrong, call 911.
3:00 AM – YOUR FRIEND VOMITS UNCONSCIOUSLY
Joey starts vomiting unconsciously, and a friend decides enough is enough and finally calls 911. Joey reaches the hospital soon after, but it’s too late. Joey is dead.
It is so important that if you find yourself in this sort of situation , you know what to do. Every second counts – there were only two hours that passed from the time Joey ingested GHB to the time he got help. When in doubt, call 911. Even if you’re scared, even if you’re not 100% sure it’s necessary, call 911. It is not worth the gamble – no life is. Joey’s friends would have never in their wildest dreams imagined this would be the outcome of that night. Don’t make the same mistakes. Save your friend.
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