A student claims her friends had to give her CPR for 20 minutes after she was 'spiked' in a nightclub.
Rhiannon Smith says police and medics treated her as 'just another drunk student' after claims they refused to run tests after she was rushed to hospital by ambulance.
The 19-year-old says she drank three single vodka Red Bulls at Alpine Club Lodge in Ormskirk, Lancashire, on October 22 when her hearing suddenly became muffled and the room began spinning.
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After being taken home by her friends, she claims they saw her lips were blue, her pulse had 'stopped' and she was only taking breaths every 20 seconds, so dialled 999.
Emergency responders ordered them to start 'life-saving' chest compressions, which they did for 20 minutes, before she was rushed to hospital by ambulance.
After waking up in A&E at around 4am the following morning, Rhiannon says she was shocked to hear medics tell 'she'd just drank too much' without running urine tests.
The student said she's baffled why police investigating the incident didn't ask her to take any tests either.
Rhiannon shared her 'traumatic' experience on Facebook where it's been shared more than 500 times in a bid to urge other revellers to be vigilant on nights out.
Hospital bosses claim the teen was 'treated in line with her medical condition on arrival' and Lancashire Police say they have 'looked at all lines of enquiry'.
Rhiannon, from Rhyl, North Wales, said: "I feel lucky to be alive. I think I'm still in denial about the whole situation and I don't think it's sunk in that it happened.
"I'm so vigilant with my drinks on a night out, especially with everything that's happening at the moment, and I can't remember a time where I left it or wasn't looking at it.
"The room was spinning and I couldn't hear properly. It sounded like everything was muffled and I could only hear whatever I was focused on.
"It was nothing like anything I'd experienced before.
"I kept repeating 'I'm so scared right now', it scared everyone around me. My friends have seen me drunk and they said it wasn't like me.
"I leant over the club toilet and projectile vomited. It felt like 10 minutes but I'd been there for an hour.
"Security had to get me out because I was so slumped over, that's the last thing I remember.
"After I was carried home the lads put me on my bed thinking I could just sleep it off, but apparently my breathing just completely slowed down.
"My lips also went blue and I had no pulse at this point, I wasn't responding.
"The lady on the 999 call was telling them to say 'now' every time I took a breath but it was 20-30 seconds and the woman thought they'd forgotten to tell her.
"The woman said they need to put me on a hard floor and start chest compressions.
"They did that until the ambulance arrived 20-30 minutes later, they were keeping me alive.
"I didn't stop breathing, but it just went very slowly.
"I woke up in the hospital with nobody I knew there. The nurse told me I'd drank too much and scared myself which is not what my friends say they were told.
"I feel like they discriminated against me as just another uni student that drank too much, but I know I was spiked.
Rhiannon, who had one-and-a-half vodka and cranberry juices before heading to the club, says she was there for just two hours before she collapsed in the toilet.
The Edge Hill University professional policing student was told by pals how emergency responders checked her for a needle mark in the ambulance but there wasn't any trace of one.
Rhiannon said: "I was told that because the hospital didn't check any urine for substances it'll be difficult for them to gather any evidence.
"The police should have done the tests as part of the investigation. If they can get the evidence for a case, it makes sense, but they didn't offer that to me.
"The club contacted me to check if I was okay, and they told me the police hadn't checked the CCTV even though they said they would.
"The hospital needs to test people. It literally takes two seconds to do it, but they didn't and this could have helped my whole case and helped other people in the long run.
"If people were testing women they could find out about the drugs that are in the system and find out what we're looking out for. I don't think it's been taken seriously."
A Lancashire Police spokesperson said: "We take all reports of spiking extremely seriously and encourage all victims to report any concerns they may have to the police or a member of the bar staff as soon as possible to allow us to obtain the evidence needed to conduct a thorough investigation.
"This incident was reported to us by the ambulance service as a concern for welfare and enquiries were made to identify the victim and then make contact with her.
"The victim has been visited by officers, who have taken a full account from her and given safeguarding advice.
"We have carried out a thorough investigation and looked at all possible lines of enquiry.
"However, at this time we do not have sufficient evidence to establish exactly what has happened to the victim or to identify any suspect.
"If any new information does come to light then it will be looked into robustly.
"There are increased patrols in West Lancashire and we are liaising with licensing and local venues around safety."
A spokesperson for Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust said: "Rhiannon was treated in line with her medical condition on arrival at A&E.
"We encourage anyone who believes they have been 'spiked' in any way to contact the police."
Alpine Club Lodge have been contacted for comment.
