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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。+ A6 j; a) b8 b/ ^/ O f- Y
9 ?' m8 H& h6 }/ m" Q* S4 S: K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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* d9 p3 n3 G+ }1 k2 }5 g1 ]3 ZAlberta 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.( {# G) |4 w# I+ o7 H
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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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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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: z5 P3 P* s; c6 C) U" 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."; U4 W% ^, @8 x3 L% |6 E
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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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"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.2 x: _+ Z2 @! X5 O; H/ t
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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." ! L5 K/ P! I# R% M* 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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