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几天前警察捡到一包毒品,当时还戴着手套,却中毒了,中毒的症状和吸收过多一模一样。* \. ^( S3 ~: a; d
6 J- O- |; R' J4 h% U; x今天早晨专科医生在收音机里说,隔着手套毒品都跑到手里甚至身体里面去,可能性比中Lotto Max 还小。& j+ d2 a% w- ~- s4 x g
" A& K/ T" I5 K: F8 }! S% Z. T- b* ~Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial/ V7 Z+ U+ B) p
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9 [9 [: I* \7 e) f7 k( N$ y2 pWarnings are being issued in a small summer village west of Edmonton after an Alberta peace officer was exposed to the dangerous opioid fentanyl while patrolling the streets.
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% p" O% {, e. u- KJeremy Hampton, a member of the Seba Beach Patrol Service, was rushed to hospital after he picked up a vial of powder he found Saturday on a road. Seba Beach is 90 kilometres west of Edmonton, on the western shore of Lake Wabamun.! u5 R8 y8 E4 P l3 I
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"He was just out on regular patrol when he noticed there was a vial on the ground," said Dwight Dawn, president of the Alberta Peace Officer Professional Association.
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1 `1 E/ C' f) \2 \ uHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.5 K/ |+ I3 t! d4 U3 L+ Q
1 R; \; U( k' R" H1 o8 i$ T"He got back to his office and started noticing the symptoms," Dawn said."Fortunately for him, he was carrying a naloxone kit on him and was able to inject himself."
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RCMP were brought in to investigate and officers found traces of fentanyl on the dashboard of the peace officer's car and on his ticket books, Dawn said.3 r! B z, B+ S, O o" d0 y
* H! Y- X- w" k/ k, [4 ]6 w* iThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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"We're not not too sure exactly how the inside of the vehicle got contaminated or how he got contaminated. It's just one of those things," Dawn said. "It's a very dangerous substance.
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( T& M- K8 o9 ~2 `/ X- ~9 k"As much as we try to be cautious with it, it takes very little for this to float around in the air and get contaminated." 8 o9 r9 n5 ~6 J2 a V t& V
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After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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