Tell your friend that you cannot keep your friend's crisis to yourself. If your friend has attempted suicide and needs medical attention, then call 911. Just call the UCC's 24 hour emergency services number for help. That phone number is 631-7336. Leaving a message on the voice mail in the evenings or on weekends will activate the counselor's pager, and within 30 minutes an on-call professional counselor will contact you to help.
Suicide is ugly.
It reminds us of a whole world of things that we do not wish to think about. Because suicide arouses great fear and anxiety, we actively avoid the topic. Feelings of guilt and responsibility haunt us. Our emotions are intense and so we deny the reality of the suicidal person's concerns. The person in crisis is troubled and has problems that need to be discussed openly.