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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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1 c- I3 G; k4 }4 v1 H2 Y. L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。! r# ~. l& d; j. J; J% v
- y0 H9 w( Y4 N% \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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/ O! ?0 R) F7 xJeremy 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.* X: r1 Z# ]* d2 ?1 i, k. ^
% J, v) t9 M9 D, K1 H3 u$ M- n2 X"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. + |# p7 }; N( [: T
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate., c6 v3 G7 V. U1 `% }5 O; _# L) B, Q
* _. d% X& n1 p) O# k) y"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."7 V9 |1 A7 K7 l
2 V- y$ N+ l h'A very dangerous substance'
' P) S0 k( k, Q! y$ ^7 W fRCMP 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.! {9 C0 ^* |/ i7 v7 s" u7 j
7 v2 d5 \7 x7 L. {8 xThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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, H2 B' v7 P: {9 M9 m) @% K( w8 Q"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.% M* ]; | E# h1 H6 K# g
) C9 c" R8 p' R: ^' P" U( 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."
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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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