[m_a_g]

Vomitting without waking up is next to impossible unless you are blackout drunk.

[david-gpu]

The concern is not having enough time to remove the tape from your mouth.

Among other reasons this can happen because CPAP therapy can cause you to swallow air unwittingly while you sleep due to the pressure it places on your epiglottis. The subsequent burps can contain a mixture of swallowed air and the contents of your stomach.

[m_a_g]

You seem to be misinformed. You don’t wake up vomiting out of nowhere. That is not how it works unless you are using sedatives. You’d be wide awake once your body wants to vomit and you’ll have plenty of time to remove that tape five times. But you do you.

[david-gpu]

> You seem to be misinformed

Or, you know, I may be speaking from personal experience.

[smeej]

I can't even almost vomit without waking up. I was wondering how anyone could sleep through actually doing it!

[david-gpu]

The problem is not whether you wake up, but whether you have enough time and presence of mind to remove the tape from your mouth before stuff starts coming out of your stomach and enters your lungs.