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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。' z$ k$ x; m1 B3 P8 B
1 ^$ k/ m3 ]1 e; 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。' }" [$ k% m5 ]
1 H* F* d, M1 f6 P7 K0 j, a8 t& ^Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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% g, t T. p4 t1 XWarnings 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. \- i5 K0 R2 ~8 ^
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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.) _# s9 L) H7 |, \% O
$ \5 r% f4 J* s"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. 6 R; |( J, a w: s
8 _+ A2 @' ^$ nHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.; I- r3 g( M/ c) ^
& j1 S% h3 T2 T6 l; ]9 Q"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.", P% |7 u+ ]$ P! P6 R
! I- H7 t& G' h: N: d'A very dangerous substance'
! e. v& n$ P/ X- ~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.: q- U! Z3 f0 u8 ~; z
- X5 _4 |8 A1 f) U9 S3 C6 r5 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.
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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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7 p# J: g( ]2 w& ]After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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