When Prevention Fails
An unfortunate truth is that some students are going to consume alcohol no matter how many times they are warned about the dangers of drinking. And of those students who do drink, some a going to end up binge drinking and putting their lives in danger.
Stony Brook University (N.Y) has developed the Red Watch Band Movement to train students on appropriate steps to take when another student passes out from consuming too much alcohol.
"What makes this program really innovative and important, is it focuses on the real non-negotiable aspects, mainly that you stay alive," says Jenny Hwang, associate dean and director for prevention and outreach. While acknowledging that some people might argue all efforts should focus on preventing binge drinking, Hwang points out, "Unfortunately, this is the reality we're up against."
The four-hour training program, which can be found at www.redwatchband.org, focuses on debunking myths associate with binge drinking, such as it's ok if someone passes out from drinking too much alcohol (it's a medical emergency) and clarifying that students won't get suspended if they call for aid.
"Our hope is other schools will be able to take this information and run with it, but we’ll be available for consultation," Hwang says, pointing out leaders on each campus will have a better understanding of which groups to target on their own campus.
Stony Brook, also provides prevention education aimed at freshmen, the Greek system, and athletes.
Learn more at www.RedWatchBand.org.
What a fantastic program. I hope many other schools take such great steps. It is a blessing to have this program even if it helps one person!
Posted by: Twin xl | June 06, 2009 at 03:48 PM
This is wonderful that people are being educated to handle alcohol overdoses. it's not just a problem in college either, i'm in my 50's and 2 years ago i found my Fiance dead of Alcohol poisoning. too many people believe that you can not die from drinking too much, the red band program needs to expand beyond college. the drinking doesn't stop when you get your diploma.
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Students are exposed to cheap booze so the
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Most will be sensible , but sadly some will
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Important to have good support systems in place
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hopefully there will be someone sober enough to give aid when a student passes out from consuming too much alcohol.
I still think that prevention is better , but the training is useful to save lives when prevention fails
Posted by: mili ponce | May 31, 2011 at 04:41 PM
This idea should be rolled out across the whole country.
It can save so many lives.
education together with training in an emergency situation of passing out due to excessive alcohol is the goal to strive for.
Posted by: rob benwell | May 31, 2011 at 04:46 PM
Great idea.
Students will always drink too much and party too hard.
Great that there is some training given to save lives.
Prevention is good but so is saving lives
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training to save lives from alcohol is a great idea.
Students will always over binge.
We must still educate on the prevention as well.
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Part of the reason is happy hours and cheap alcohol in student bars.
We need to tackle this and raise prices.
Prevention education is a must for all students.
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should be rolled out across the whole country
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http://www.redwatchband.org/
is a good idea for others to learen the basic training.
Binging students are lucky if this scheme is operating.
prevention is still an education to be learnt, perhaps
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Since prevention alone is not working, and binging
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