Observing someone fainting or self fainting

I fainted once. My roommate at the time had hurt his back and got a crazy huge prescription for Vicodin, pre-opioid epidemic obviously. He talked me and our other roommate/his boyfriend into taking some for fun, stupid I know! They both took two so I did the same because I didn’t know any better. Well, awhile later we were all watching a movie and I started to feel very strange. I stood up and walked over to the bathroom but right as I got there I stopped. I remember saying I don’t feel so good and then the next thing I know I’m on the floor and the roommates are freaking out. They got me into my bed and one of them was a nurse so he kept checking my pulse and my blood pressure every few minutes but I got back to normal after like a half hour. Crazy feeling though!

I fainted once. My roommate at the time had hurt his back and got a crazy huge prescription for Vicodin, pre-opioid epidemic obviously. He talked me and our other roommate/his boyfriend into taking some for fun

When you drink too much and pass out I'm not sure they consider it fainting. A drug induced overdose wouldn't really qualify either. My 2 cents

I've fainted more than a few times. Twice due to epilepsy, I was very young and was awake seconds after hitting the ground. My early teens I develop a fear of shots after a bad shot. It was so bad I could faint before getting the shot. Once I passed out from a combination of laughing so hard and coughing. The effect is very disorienting and not pleasurable in the least. I haven't fainted in over 25 years now but I still make sure I don't look at the needle going in.

Observing I was on body snatcher detail at my Army school. Hot or cold it didn't matter, out of aver a thousand people on the parade field we'd always have at least a half dozen, Marines were always the first to go, they never taught them to stand without locking their knees. We got so we could tell who was going next and start out with the stretcher, some would wake quickly others long enough they'd go to the hospital.

We would get the soldiers to the medics as quickly as we could, get their legs above their head or just bend the legs at the knee, loosen their belts and any restrictive clothing. If that didn't work the medics would insert a IV and take them the hospital. Give them some space, waking up disoriented sometimes the fainter would lash out. Forget the stick in the mouth routine, doesn't work and more of a hazard to the fainter.

I have been on both sides. I saw someone faint and I have fainted myself too. The latter being the recent incident.

This incident is few years old, from my school days. I was in 11th grade back then. It was a very hot day and I was going back to class after having water from common area. I saw one of the teachers standing in the sun for some reason, I don't remember. As I saw her and wished her, she called my name and then she suddenly fell on ground, before I could reach her.

For a moment I was shocked just couldn't believe what happened. Obviously you don't see people fainting in front of you on a daily basis.

Somehow I collected my thoughts and rushed in to call for help. We gathered 5-6 teachers who carried her in. They made her lie down on one of the class benches. (We didn't have medical room in school) I only saw that other teachers were rubbing her hands and feet and trying to revive her. I left from there after that as I had to go to my class. But that whole day I was very scared and today also I get goosebumps when I think of that day

Recently I also fainted. This was a few days back. For some reason I hadn't taken my breakfast. I realised that it was a bad decision. In the first hour after reaching college I collapsed. I remember going to the library to return a book. Suddenly i felt i was blacking out maybe due to weakness. I remember holding my head and trying to balance myself but couldn't. The last thing I remember was a loud shout in a female voice.

When I retained consciousness I was in the hospital, hooked to a glucose drip and pulse monitor in my finger. My parents were standing in front of me. Dad said I was unconscious for almost an hour.

After I came to senses, the doctor checked my bp, pulse and heart and after an hour of observation, allowed me to go.

Luckily I have never fainted but I have once seen my friend faint in front of me.

This is from school days. I had gone to her place for studying together two days before our exam. She was tensed about the exam. I remember she kept walking as she read. She complained of feeling light headed. I asked her to relax and sit. I was keeping an eye on her but as I was reading myself I heard a thud sound and saw her on the floor. It took me a bit to realize she had actually fainted. I shouted and called her mom. We then put her on bed. We rubbed her hands and feet. She is severely asthmatic. Her mom checked, she wasn't breathing. She asked me to go out of the room. I don't know what she did inside. But now as an adult I think she must have given CPR.

Her mom came out after some time saying that she's conscious now but is sleeping. So I left. It was a scary experience. Her health deteriorated further and she had to miss the exam 2 days later.