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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。& f& D0 h9 n( K6 X3 L
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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。$ w* h- f7 _+ H0 I# v" r
* b T J4 J: I' t6 VAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial% H: Z- s% \$ m; I+ G
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Warnings 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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+ J1 x7 S! y, M; } eJeremy 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.3 y8 u6 s* f& a6 _ R+ a" |. x
/ f' y) G. o2 g1 q3 [* K- s% f"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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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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. c W! }1 w- h" X. v/ a) x+ h"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.- C |; @; b$ X9 c- D& L
, B! r! S% N; I& dThe 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.9 @" h% q5 m2 o9 t+ }; I! M! Y& i
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"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." % v S, y8 p9 h. H- r, ` L
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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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