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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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$ q# L" z: W; F; R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) v9 O* f7 D f7 v m& W( A, R6 ^
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/ ^6 f2 Q% N/ \2 V% oWarnings 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.+ W z3 y% _6 P+ x# R
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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.- G. F% B: i( V' W) D
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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. ( c- \9 e6 z+ k7 p
5 x% F2 z( p- |4 A/ m# m$ }6 oHampton 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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* t1 E1 H8 Q* W5 N( h5 k'A very dangerous substance'$ A" i* Z& b) g/ {8 O! i: R
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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2 \' I% O: @/ h7 _' N$ d" SThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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0 t+ X( a9 Z2 Y& w"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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: L7 K/ ^0 [. [9 \4 m"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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$ F5 s+ Z3 _: \9 H" W5 W6 B' c- zAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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