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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。8 P0 p! e' b5 a' d8 x* j
! `+ r+ i: \$ L. e. V+ S! d4 M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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( p! E6 G: I6 O3 BWarnings 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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# x6 V, L9 v) O! G9 G. f; oJeremy 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.* R' z8 h, u; q4 x" R
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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.+ ^$ B7 @7 q1 u1 i0 A- o5 s
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"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."& l8 ?& O! h4 W% B. u( R; Z
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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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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.; \" g* N' d, C' G) I# l. U# e% ]3 H
$ p$ F6 ]/ t) k: J! I"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.
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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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