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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IME kids usually know when something's wrong unless they are too strung out to notice.  They do not call parents or 911 because they are afraid of getting in trouble.  In some jurisdictions if there is a drug overdose, police come.  What kid would call in that circumstance?

The important thing for kids to know is that if there has been drinking or drugs and something seems really off in a kid who has been partaking they should call 911.  Or possibly a parent if it doesn't seem too dire--but time lost administering Narcan for opiates can result in a death, so I prefer 911.

In the more stringent jurisdictions, people have been known to take the affected kid out to the sidewalk for the ambulance to find.  In the meantime, they disperse.[/quote]

This is exactly why I think kids need to know to read vital signs, etc. So that if out of fear or ignorance some refuse to call 911, your kid can say "his heart beat is fast, weak and irregular. We must call"[/quote]

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