I was thinking about something along the similar idea after what happened to me last friday night. A guy i knew had drunk a vast amount of whiskey and was falling in and out of consciousness and was being very very sick, i know youre probably thinking thats nothing out the ordinary of being drunk, but the problem was this guy had been known to have been taking medication for autism as well as anti depressants, and no one had even seen alcohol effect him this badly before. So we thought as none of us were able to legally drive at that point we called an ambulence, who were quite rude to me once i mentioned he had been drinking a lot but as soon as i explained that we just wished for someone to check him over and make sure he was alright and we will club together and get a taxi home for him. I know youre probabaly thinking why didnt we get a taxi to the hospital but the problem is that we couldnt afford a taxi to the hospital as well as one to get us back home. After reading Tom's book and several posts on here i know how many people waste the NHS's time and i was really reluctant to call the ambulance in the first place, but i thought it was better to be safe than sorry as we had no idea how the mixture of this guys medication and alcohol could effect him. I just wished that there had been an alternative service we could have called or a local place in town we could go just to check that this person didnt require a trip to the hospital thus not preventing the ambulance from getting to somewhere more important. Although i am still in two minds about that night, all i know is how bad the rest of us would have felt if we just left him be and something did actually happen. Kat xx