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Symptoms of alcohol poisoning

• Person is unconscious or semiconscious and cannot be awakened.
• Cold, clammy, pale or bluish skin.
• Check to see if breathing is slow, less than eight times per minute, or irregular, with ten seconds or more between breaths.
• Vomiting while sleeping or passed out or not waking up after vomiting.

If a person has any of these symptoms, he or she is suffereing from acute alcohol intoxication.

• Get help.  Call 911, a staff member or public safety 315-443-2224 or 711
• Do not leave the person alone.  Turn the victim on his/her side to prevent choking from vomiting.
• Always be "better safe than sorry" if you are not sure what to do.  Take action to save a life.