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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。& ]' i# e1 N5 N& f" L; Q
+ }5 z q3 j/ @: i$ a0 M, w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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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.$ N" R( Q, C8 {: H6 I/ }
$ A: m) _ P& VJeremy 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.- h m7 `" H4 Y, Y
8 K% o) U# ^' Z& S! p"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. + L$ Q8 Z) @3 c6 r" B+ d. N- |
) l! {1 K0 v% I6 @: m' hHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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, [" q% u( ^0 G' N& y"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."
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'A very dangerous substance'3 y( w0 X1 w' L V
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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& _5 Q; J9 ]& e" K: p+ h% VThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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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.) z( d& N) }3 T4 S
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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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