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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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2 ?: `. o2 T& u. [3 y% [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。$ f* q8 T- v _9 e) ]# E1 z
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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( E I- E8 c2 n- t$ b8 yWarnings 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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4 ?+ T" M' f, |' Y% aJeremy 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.' A/ ]" t$ n9 I: z& ]* t7 n
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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. # s8 \0 Q$ f, V, V( \0 `& u
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.4 w* u! W3 Y1 n7 u" r& o
2 _6 [' y( ~* q: \: h% d"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 I: x5 i3 b$ H5 w# ~& i* H1 Z0 ARCMP 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.! f# S9 m, r! E6 G% [
* v- N7 y. v9 C6 S2 O9 m$ kThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.$ f. y+ W, K) V9 i
% g7 _( J, J6 i N4 p"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./ k9 R4 d( _: e7 Y
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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."
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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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