599,000
students are injured under the influence of alcohol each year
GOOD SAMARITAN POLICY
Stony Brook’s Good Samaritan Policy encourages students to call for help in an alcohol or other drug related emergency.
Students may be reluctant to seek medical attention for themselves or others for incidents related to alcohol or drug consumption due to a fear of potential consequences of their own conduct.
Under this policy, the student for whom assistance is sought and the bystander acting in good faith who discloses to University officials an incident of alcohol or drug use, may not be subjected to University sanctions for violations of alcohol or drug policies.
If the person:
- Is semi-conscious or passed out and cannot be awakened
- Vomits while sleeping or passed out and does not wake up
- Is not breathing or breathing very slowly
- Has cold, clammy, pale or bluish color skin
- If any warning signs are noticed, immediately CALL FOR HELP
- On campus: University Police (333 from a campus phone, or (631) 632-3333 from a cell phone)
- Off campus: Call 911
- Be ready to tell emergency responders how much alcohol was consumed and when
- Try to keep the intoxicated person awake
- Keep a vomiting person sitting up or on their side to prevent choking
- Alcohol poisoning hampers a person's gag reflex and can cause a person to choke on their own vomit
- DO NOT leave an unconscious person alone
- DO NOT put someone in the shower
- DO NOT give someone food or more drink
- A person cannot "sleep off" alcohol poisoning
- "Walking it off" does not work
- Black coffee has no effect on alcohol poisoning
- A cold shower will not sober a person up
ALCOHOL FACTS
1,825
students die from alcohol-related injuries each year
1 in 4
students report having academic consequences because of their drinking