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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 i$ j( x f e4 @
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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。1 g" F2 `7 e8 [* G; T0 L
! E6 ^' G# A, yAlberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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! p' ~) ~# Q$ J0 b4 U' sWarnings 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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"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. * X* T3 c. b7 O: ^! O3 ?, 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.
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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."- o2 [9 d4 s$ d. W
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'A very dangerous substance'
! _" x2 F: l: E6 H- eRCMP 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.: B# b* [6 F/ I
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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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2 A, \2 }, i; o7 W& P- }"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.) w2 f* r5 I& ?" Y
" C6 L/ d9 Y, G9 S( ?; _"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." ! h/ W7 Q6 C6 D* a c' r4 K! I
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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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