 鲜花( 152)  鸡蛋( 1)
|
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。; n$ {% g8 s# Z# ^8 `
t) {" `/ }, b7 D8 [* I, B" Z
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。5 ~3 `3 b8 q3 f2 x5 |. T, P! D
7 H; p- r; n1 p' @6 l
Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial0 q0 t' H2 n) Y
_3 v+ N! N1 A7 k+ {2 P# {4 n
8 z6 t. A+ u% @2 |+ f
0 O% s* C- E: WWarnings 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.
S. i5 D4 ?. [5 M6 ?% B$ H, M
# b) |3 X) J" W7 R$ @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.
# k" Z. {% ?+ \% P- g2 w2 M* S( l$ U7 m# O( b6 E3 W+ z! n
"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.
' J6 }: ]8 y6 D+ `' ?- T! u6 c7 z( _8 Q! x, j% R% }
Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.5 ^2 W5 P1 s* H& ^1 D$ |
2 X0 ~# R7 i1 c7 Z3 L7 t"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."* Q8 b* t1 `- v- S8 Q. f0 c
6 s+ e0 ?' m) B) N; l' U" z'A very dangerous substance': p# a/ h( [% |; @" t
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.
: M3 f' i" ~, {, S% p
6 q" q R7 _2 \8 UThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.$ v8 Q* I- v" M; h( H- ?1 S
: [1 b0 j1 v9 d0 U K/ ^"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.. Z0 K, E& g' h
) s3 h8 o% w) x* I# W- D"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."
8 v8 j) a6 A0 l' Z/ m0 g2 h' P# E! u- c% l$ \( |
After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
|