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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。0 @/ n E& p. W/ e* V' m
& C0 P) D9 t3 M6 v' Z# y( x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。8 i9 O' p! n5 k: h4 s7 p2 l; ?
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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./ [: C9 D6 [* u$ V% d5 {3 R
1 B1 s1 x) |. Z7 R: \ a* aJeremy 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.8 I0 u3 {& o8 s
9 k; \" [) i+ |" E! |- A4 u T"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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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."( T b2 s1 j" w6 P' z1 y% X3 g
/ O5 h& ~0 |) X2 X, g'A very dangerous substance'# ^. E' o% j6 @3 [0 H9 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.
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.! _: h1 f9 F+ i
: Z( l h3 G+ P* X"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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. F$ y, m0 {; O9 f"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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( s) `7 ~( R6 U `8 f# `After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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