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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。+ O. j w/ {9 I4 I5 b
( p, B/ U# c. e0 H" v) L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: D) T/ h. s' w9 o, s
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( o% y3 ]5 A+ G4 FWarnings 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.5 K0 @# ^, D) r6 d5 c* r- K% l0 P
: D; o% y/ X' U4 |7 Z7 [! S/ EJeremy 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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! b% ]/ h6 ^- q) z! r% j0 I2 W"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. ' i) I4 L5 ]* L6 w! @
2 U8 _* _ f) U3 A; MHampton 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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o+ f! \# D4 K+ Q$ i6 }: e! A _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.; s! S0 i- N7 z! \
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.; j+ p. `% S C) ?7 g
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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.
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) O6 A$ G n) E: u! |1 k1 p"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 f5 Q: s' I4 H7 z- i) K& m
$ D, c# ?+ M1 ^+ p( V3 ?9 bAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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