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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。7 k; M+ }1 q1 L" h
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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。
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* I2 a, h/ n8 {" n( o( s! zAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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! S. W- z* Y$ p; X4 qWarnings 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.' _4 P7 b3 Q: W0 P7 m6 ?; M2 O
) v0 h- x8 F/ }. y; Z1 mJeremy 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.: c. k/ F3 _" @; G: r
7 o" S% W5 }' I% h' y, D"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. ) C( {) B. a( Z
, {6 k. P$ w1 j- X) Q% z" b' FHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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"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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'A very dangerous substance'
2 z: E; x1 r! Y- ^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.
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.7 h6 ~1 W4 W0 g+ h
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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.0 i9 y8 D1 G( v G7 d% f
$ ~. u( i. H3 S$ j. g+ A"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 X0 D% E' A( e1 Z6 h! J
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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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