Alcohol Intoxication (cont.)
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- Alcohol Intoxication Definition and Causes
- Alcohol Intoxication Signs and Symptoms
- Home Care
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Physician Diagnosis
- Alcohol Intoxication, Physician Treatment and Follow-up
- Driving While Intoxicated: The Facts
- Advice to Law Enforcement Personnel
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When to Seek Medical Care
If all Home Care conditions cannot be assured, if a care-taking person feels uncomfortable monitoring the intoxicated person, or if there is doubt about the person’s condition, then bring the person to a hospital's emergency department. In addition, the person may need attention to chronic medical conditions unrelated to the alcohol intoxication. These could be such conditions as diabetes, renal (kidney) failure, or epilepsy (seizures).
NOTE: It is extremely common for an intoxicated person to vomit once. However, vomiting more than once may be a sign of head injury or other cause of serious illness. If a drunken person vomits more than once and is not completely coherent, then he or she should be taken to the hospital's emergency department for evaluation.
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