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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。4 E; B! w, @* ~6 J/ C! t
& f+ l6 z% j- \7 [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。3 \7 x; |3 f8 A0 E8 b# [
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial/ B# J+ R9 A/ I1 D3 g- z7 U/ l: a5 ]
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5 F" r1 M" D0 i. [% EWarnings 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.6 X5 L" n/ d, i( M5 L
2 i5 J# N" X, j5 h kJeremy 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 d$ q$ s- ]9 y+ X! N
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"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. ; j0 k/ s! t- g' X5 ~# J
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.# ?; |8 G3 X' t" `6 M9 S9 N0 O
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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'
* z% M: E" U0 T, U# J, `3 rRCMP 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.2 D4 T3 o( i+ _2 V, Q' h' u- ~
4 a3 K& ?& {0 {) o' UThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.8 f7 e6 ]5 z* n; W; h3 p8 o$ F+ T
& R9 ?: C7 j! D2 ~8 u7 R% l# ~ `"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.) k, R* t4 C" f4 k4 @
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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." 8 }2 r* S% I/ [4 @- M
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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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