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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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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。: w' c5 m) H0 v$ l3 d8 S1 z7 Q3 _: }
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& N# a( d1 @! ~4 R% a' pWarnings 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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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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8 h9 s9 `. _1 j% Z( ]9 h"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. ! ]# V5 E4 ]9 V& p# f+ ?9 @5 Q: T2 E$ C
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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."
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'A very dangerous substance'
7 p% J2 m: W2 sRCMP 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.8 l( e. f( ~5 h9 b/ z
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8 `; ~; c) c0 X$ s+ s9 F"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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3 T' y/ c3 V' I- o0 D) F/ Z"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." - { [: a% Z* x6 R6 f: }9 h5 e
& J8 j8 ~) h, f9 jAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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