An individual that drinks too much alcohol; If that person has to be treated, because of being so intoxicated, they pass out, what do the Dr.'s treat the patient with, to keep them alive?
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We (paramedics) maintain their airway, determine if they have used other drugs in addition to alcohol, start an IV of D5W, lactated ringers or 9% normal saline depending on the protocol, administer 100mg of thiamine and try to keep a sympathetic point of view. If the patient is conscious and can maintain their airway would possibly induce vomiting with ipecac. Would have to consider the age, weight of the patient and amount consumed if that information were available.
558349
Is alchol or drugs involved?  sounds like their might be.  If not she may have a medical problem that needs to be addressed.
570458
Yes, he can have a drink or two. \n\nModerate consumption will not hurt the healing process.
482164
If a group of you can sit down with him and tell him he has 2 choices\nHe either goes immediately to treatment and afterwards he must remain sober (go to AA, too)......or\nYou will have to go over his head and report him.  It's ruining your department and you all are NOT going to take the blame for his behavior.
126313
have you taken him to the doctors yet for now if he cant hold any thing down  you realy need to get  drinks in him  if he wont drink any thing   get him pideolite ice pops  hel like thoses and it willput back what he looseing you need to try  and get 4 ounces of drinks in him  every four hours or he could die  from looseing so much drinks call your doctor
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There is a condition called water intoxication but you really have to drink a lot of water.  It basically dilutes the electrolytes in your body to a degree that it can't function properly and is a life threatening condition.  I think someone would have to force themselves to drink that kind of volume, though, since it would not be easy.
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My friend has acute pancreatitis and it is terrible to see her go through with it when she has a seizure. I have been in the hospital with her many times and have seen grown men cry. Cut out the drinking if you can. It is not worth it. p.s. My friend is not a regular drinker and therefore her seizures are not very often, however by what i have seen i would advise you to try at least to cut down and if possible to stop drinking altogether.I think you know the risks as in DEATH!!!! \nBest of luck.\nMichelle xxxxxx.
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Hey there!!\n\nI am a kidney dialysis patient waiting to get on the transplant list. I can hear the desperation in your "voice."  \n\nIn a way she is right, the doctors don't tell us we can't have alcohol.  They don't tell us not to jump off tall buildings, either!!  Most of us know the effects of alcohol and try to avoid it so we can take care of ourselves.  Dialysis clinics preform monthly labs on all of their patients, so odds are the doctors probably knew something about her alcohol use.  Also, I have seen patients that drink so much alcohol that their artificial kidney (in the machine) actually turns yellow.\n\nIt sounds like to me that she's incredibly depressed about something and is using the alcohol for pain control-either physical or mental pain.  Is she hurting physically from the transplant or other physical problem? Now that she has the transplant, is she working?  Does she feel like she has purpose in life beyond the drinking?  Kidney patients can also be alcoholics.\n\nI know it's hard for you to see her like this.  I hope that you will continue to believe in her and stick with her through whatever this is that she's going through.\n\nI am a member of two very good dialysis support groups on YAHOO both of which welcome friends and family members of dialysis patients for questions.  The first one has around 1,000 members.  The second one has about 25 members and has more of a family atmosphere.\nhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/dialysis_support/\nhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/A_dialysis_and_support_group/\n\nPlease feel free to join the groups and ask questins there.  We as a group can give you more information than I as a single person can.  Tell them that CosmicKelly sent ya.\n\nDon't give up,\n\nCosmicKelly :)
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Yes, they are still considered an alcholic becasue alcholism is a desease.  They can, and often do relaps, just like any other desease can spring back up.  It is wonderfull that this person has been "dry" or "sober" for such a long time, but I've seen people relapse back into drinking every night after 15 years.  It is something that this person will need to stay aware of, and control.
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I'm a hospital tech, and I cannot give you specifics due to Hippa laws but I can tell you this:\nI was in the ER with a patient that had overdosed. The body rejects all poisons and therefore the person was asphyixiating, hemorraging, and experiencing aneurisms.\nOn top of this, we had to run several IV's and strap the person down as they were screaming in severe pain.\nSo in my opinion, it can be a very painful death.
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Tell you what he can do................12-18mths\n\nOh and its alcohol...
622270
You're not getting the whole story.  They wouldn't keep him in jail for that.  They might bring him in, but he'd be able to call someone to bond him out pretty immediately.  \n\nThey would, however, keep him in jail for driving on an expired license with no insurance and being drunk.
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If the doctor won't let her leave then he thinks she is in danger. Do not let her out. She needs to remain hospitalized until she is stable and diagnosed. Have them sedate her if need be.
656153
you shouldnt drink then. what are you going to do when your liver decides to fail because you drank to much alcohol?
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HI MJ- Unfortunately, the law states that he can be charged, regardless of his state at the time. The only defense would be temporary insanity, but that has not worked in the past for people who were unaware of their actions due to too much alcohol or illegal drugs, so it would not likely be usable in this case either.  What may happen is that he could plead to a lesser charge due to impaired judgment brought on by a combination of a small amount of alcohol in conjunction with a legal benzodiazepene (I assume here that he had this as a prescription, and was not taking it illegally)- However, even that is iffy, because all people given BZDs are strongly warned about taking it with alcohol, and on the bottle itself there are strong warnings.  If he were using the drug illegally, then that pretty much shoots down all defenses.  But, in the end, just because he did not remember, or even know what he was doing, does not mean he will not be held legally accountable-he definitely will...how strongly will depend on his past record, the reason he was using the BZD, and the severity of the crime.  Get a good lawyer and try to plead a lesser charge based on reduced judgment due to ignorance of the drug interaction effect.  I just hope the BZD was a prescription for him.  Good luck, MJ
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Could work, I'm not gonna try. But if it did, it would indeed show up in a breathilizer. Your blood-alcohol content or BAC is whats measured. When your blood enters your lungs to refill on oxygen, it release alcohol into the lungs, the high the BAC, the more that is released, and hence the drunker you are.\nJust some FYI, most states allow a BAC of .008% Meaning .008 percent of your blood is alcohol. To reach this amount drink about 3 beers or shots of 80 proof. Also, if you hit .040 you're legally deceased. Not to say you can't surpass that and live tho. It's been done.
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Make a video of her doing it....what a wonderful world we live in where you can tape just about anything and everything. Yes she has a problem with drinking because she cannot remember anything she does the next day. What she is doing is killing herself and one day may end up in the hospital for alcohol poisioning if she doesn't watch herself. But ya its AA not AAA, I think your A key got stuck hopefully. AA is not a shame but rather a support group for those who have alcohol dependency. I wouldn't knock it if you don't know what it is like.