ࡱ> ac`` "bjbjss d(JJJJ4RV#zzzzzSSS"""""""$T%h'"K|SKK"JJzz]#IIIKJlzz"IK"II:!,,!zn …ycj1! "&#0V#;!RN(lN(!!N("LSrIe\SSS""9SSSV#KKKKD: : JJJJJJ ALCOHOL POISONING KILLS. Think it cant happen to you? Matthew Pearlstone, 19, was found dead in a University of Virginia dorm on Friday, March 18, 2006. While police sergeant Melissa Fielding said we dont know the cause of death, his grandfather acknowledges that his grandson was partying it up on Saint Patricks day. He went to sleep and never woke up, Howard Pearlstone said. The whole thing is beyond my comprehension. While an autopsy will be performed, the cause of death appears to be illegal underage drinking. On facebook, he writes about his spring break plans: Visiting UVA/Drinking in St. Louis: Its St. Patricks Day at UVA, what do you think Im gonna be doing? Matts self-chosen facebook picturein front of a trunk full of Bud Lightspells it out: Although we didnt know him personally, friends confirm that Matt Pearlstone was never far from a drink. Clearly, the cause of his death is illegal underage drinking at a UVA fraternity. One Katherine Collins, an alumnus of Auburn, presciently noted on facebook on January 12th, Happy bday pstone..hope college is going well and you are drinking yourself to death. Michael Gabel, a Dartmouth undergrad, also wrote on Matthew Pearlstones birthday, why do i have a sneaking suspicion that this is the last night that pearlstone will be alive How sad that such a promising young student of Computer Science should meet his end, not drinking it up on his birthday, but on green Saint Pattys day. The coroner confirms that his death was due to alcohol poisoning, as we already knew. The LD50 for Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) is accepted between a .35 and a .40. As a heavy drinker, Matt Pearlstone probably had even more in his system. However, the coroner refused to release his BAC, so well never know. http://cornell.elliottback.com/archives/2006/03/26/matthew-pearlstone-speaks/ MATT THOUGHT HE KNEW. IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO HIM. In Matts own words I enjoy drinking, but I certainly dont go through life in a haze. Im on track to either double or triple major plus get an MEng in 8 semesters, I run marathons for fun, and generally live life to its fullest. I do not drink myself into a stupor and waste days, months and years. Drinking is a recreational activity that I very much enjoy, but I keep it in its place - drinking only with friends and only when it wont interfere with my other goals (Im not Bode Miller, I dont drink before marathons or prelims). Alcohol hasnt limited me in any way, nor has it ever prevented me from achieving success. Im sorry that alcohol has caused you such problems, binx, but Im not telling you to drink. Im just counteracting the anti-alcohol posts that everyone else seems to have and saying that it is possible for alcohol to be a positive, enjoyable thing. That, and also showing that liability wise that drunk driving (or other dangerous activity after drinking, like drunk jetskiing) is by far the biggest problem because it is far easier and far more likely that someone will drink and drive and kill themselves/someone else than it is they will drink enough to stop breathing. I am ignorant? I can tell you, both statistically and anecdotally, that it is very rare and comparitively hard for someone to drink themselves to death. Me and my friends are all very experienced drinkers, and we all know exactly how we get when we drink too much, so we go by those signs. For those we dont know as well, we ensure that they throw up (so they dont absorb any more alcohol from their stomach) and are responsive and reasonably coherent to make sure they wont die. Given the huge number of teens who drink, and the amount that many teens drink combined with the risky drinking patterns inherent in teen drinking (chugging, taking lots of shots before you can even fully feel the first one, the list goes on and on), and the relatively small number of pure alcohol (i.e. stopped breathing) deaths compared to both the number of drinkers and the number of people who die from drinking and driving, it is clear that drinking is usually only problematic when combined with driving. Honestly, thats why I like drinking with experienced drinkers - it is MUCH harder for someone with a tolerence to drink themselves dead than it is for a drinking novice who has no idea of how to drink and also has no tolerence. Dont try to intimidate me with medical facts; I know most any alcohol related fact backwards and forwards. I dont take blind risks, and Im fully aware of the risks I take with drinking. In my mind, the benefits of drinking - the fun, the camaraderie, the burn of that first shot - vastly outweigh the costs (Ive paid my dues for drinking in a number of ways). I learned as much from drinking/partying during high school as I did from classes (and I took 14 APs), not to mention that while a lot of the things I learned in HS Ill never really use again (i.e. chemistry), Ill always use the skills I learned from drinking/partying (how to read a situation, a lot about people in general, etc.). Youre every bit as ignorant as you accuse me of being A friend wrote Date: March 22nd, 2006 3:23 PM Author: anon1309 The funeral is tomorrow in Missouri. I'm upset because it's such a loss, but knowing Matt, I can't say it surprised me all that much. I'm expecting it to hit me a lot harder when I get back to school. I drank with him many times. He could outdrink nearly anyone and would not drink all the time, but he wouldn't restrict it to weekends. I had never personally seen him passout drunk, but his roommates have. We never considered his drinking to be a problem because he was always on top of his schoolwork, and knew every drinking fact, statistic, danger, etc., so we assumed it was under control. SIGNS OF ALCOHOL POISONING Slow or labored breathing, especially someone having fewer than 10 breaths per minute or more than 10 seconds between breaths. Person is unconscious and cannot be awakened by pinching, prodding or shouting. Persons skin is cold, clammy, pale, bluish or purplish in color. Vomiting without waking up. Seizures. WHAT TO DO Do not wait for all symptoms to be present.  Be aware that a person who has passed out may die.  Stay with the victim. Keep the victim from choking on vomit. Get the person to the emergency room as quickly as possible call your Resident Advisor to enact C.A.R.E. or contact Public Safety (x2911) for help transporting victim to the hospital. NEVER LEAVE AN INTOXICATED PERSON ALONE. STAY WITH THE PERSON AND CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOL POISONING. CALL FOR HELP and SAVE A LIFE. 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