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I am sorry, I have removed this piece of text again. Though it may be OK for the wikipedia, the style has to be rewritten completely. Please take into account what wikipedia is not, especially, WP is not a manual or for medical advice. If you want I can try and give you a hand in rewriting this part (though I am not a medic). --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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If you find someone who is unconscious, and you don't know what to do, check their pulse and breathing. If they are taking less than 8 breaths per minute, if their pulse is less than 60 a minute (both numbers are for adults), if they appear blue or are doing anything else that concerns you, start CPR and call an ambulance. If their pulse and breathing are OK, put them in the recovery position and call an ambulance. Stay with them until the ambulance arrives. If you do not have medical training, it is very dangerous to look after someone who is unconscious.

I cannot recommend looking after unconscious people at home. If you, for whatever reason, decide not going to take them to hospital; monitor their breathing (watch their chest rise and fall / feel their breath on you hand) and pulse. You need to check their pulse and breathing rate regularly – because someone without a pulse or who is not breathing will be dead roughly 4 minutes later. If their pulse or breathing are too slow, they are also in danger. If you can't tell if they're breathing, or can't find a pulse, call an ambulance and start CPR. If you are unsure, call an ambulance.

The major risk is inhaling (breathing in) vomit while unconscious, or otherwise drowning in their own vomit. This is partially prevented with the recovery position. People are most likely to vomit as they become unconscious, and as they wake up. This is best managed in a hospital setting. If they are not in a hospital, it is very important that someone is with them until they become fully unconscious, to keep them in recovery and to check how deeply unconscious the person becomes. Then someone needs to stay with them to keep checking their pulse and breathing rate. Finally someone needs to stay with them until they fully wake up. This is important, because people tend to become conscious enough to roll onto their backs just before they start to vomit again, but often while they are still too deeply unconscious to protect their own airway. This makes the period while people are waking up particularly dangerous.

A less common problem is that they have simply consumed so much GHB with or without other sedatives that their pulse and breathing will be suppressed until they are no longer able to support life. If you suspect that they have consumed a large overdose, or if their pulse or breathing rate are dropping towards the minimum numbers listed above, it is essential that you contact an ambulance. You absolutely cannot look after serious overdoses outside of an intensive care unit in a hospital.

Be careful when attempting to sweep foreign bodies out of the mouths of people who you suspect have had a GHB overdose. They bite very hard, and sometimes will not let go.

Again, if you are concerned, and care for the person, if they OD the best thing you can do is contact an ambulance. Medical staff cannot legally contact the police unless they have reason to believe that failure to do so will result in serious and imminent harm to the patient or to other people.