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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。
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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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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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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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Jeremy 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.
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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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9 D+ d- T- L; W7 R* F" zHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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! g* @7 W4 H, e/ V5 h# L# S7 S"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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3 p4 w+ I- j3 ~9 m3 O# I5 ?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.$ d% |$ c0 S R" H1 H2 ]
; E! ^$ t# L" G5 b, I gThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.2 U% y( P8 `0 l; L
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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.1 U6 }0 s4 m5 u9 u9 N O
) b+ _% j; u6 i"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." 4 c: f! S! U3 A) `
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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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