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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。 ^8 L/ m6 I. F4 |
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Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial
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" n$ p! Z/ E9 }- D7 TWarnings 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./ d J* ~6 d- |
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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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! U; ~4 L3 Z5 P$ ]9 ]- Z0 [# {# u"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. 8 o2 b, g7 M8 e# D- G
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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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" U' M- Y4 ~& Q4 z2 \1 p) X"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 z; f9 y: z7 t5 ~$ aRCMP 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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9 n ]. p" W ?3 e( }; d$ V" jThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.: i" U O5 a4 t0 L% l9 x* d6 u
6 _ b L2 l9 h Z6 I"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.8 R E$ k' O6 x. D% L( `7 U1 f
# n# m. u, A D9 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."
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& k$ M( p6 l9 M* _8 }" aAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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