鲜花( 152) 鸡蛋( 1)
|
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。0 [2 x% n0 q$ Q* \
) v8 I' L) K6 |. D0 K& U0 ~# P" Q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。
9 U+ e+ h; m n' C8 x+ ?7 k0 i6 h& y0 R: @# l
Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial8 ]. ]$ ]$ ?( L; Z
/ R+ j5 I6 C6 {$ c) H! X, f) l. V' G: m! W" `. ^3 [
5 E( I1 U0 d( Q3 c
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.
6 ^- L1 I* G4 e; i
2 R5 q) z" Q0 ]( t/ c, ]+ v/ @6 vJeremy 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.
0 ~2 w8 y6 \- i) _6 }% n5 y/ D
, {: n& T, d% S9 G Y8 {"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. ( K" ^% `2 V( \& Y" J/ ]
- e( ~3 B: K% n9 ?8 g- N
Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
( I: [3 L" @+ c) k: I' ~5 U+ X, x9 o* `$ |: e. t( X
"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."; l# `) _6 V) d$ |# b2 M6 k
8 f. p; P& I) n U3 f9 H
'A very dangerous substance'5 {0 r7 g+ z0 q& ]
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% s4 }2 [0 X! U3 n0 s6 p# Y3 P5 T7 l1 J1 m3 C4 L* @2 P5 _
The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.- o% U H( p* s2 ~
' v/ k( e; z/ x$ p3 g d"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.
" d. W5 V; f1 ^, X" R
7 G9 X0 o' Q3 s* u# W, S& K1 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."
* l* c; J. I* Q! v* C4 ]& `: w6 B
After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
|