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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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3 W1 i, ^* c- g7 m( l7 C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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" J1 H) k8 W% Y9 X. TAlberta 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.# D3 x& u1 t7 ]) p
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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.
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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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/ M; b' n8 k2 r, G( ]Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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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."& R3 K+ P7 |6 _9 V& @4 N+ v2 t
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'A very dangerous substance'
! G0 l8 u7 f1 h2 `, uRCMP 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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' Y. ?* A+ r w) PThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.' l$ t" n5 y, w
; H' s6 Y& `! g2 j& Q3 W( q7 t' j"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.( J+ n7 G) W6 t; X3 I& _
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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." U. ]- a6 {. r1 @0 `+ ~% g( L6 b
1 _8 y. a+ _5 H! RAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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