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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。7 [( e5 A, I! L. r) G3 f- m
3 b3 j/ f* G, w, F) t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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& u- B" T$ |; p9 S! B4 ]Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial6 v' _9 e" @9 x1 n
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9 b2 H0 X4 `# ]8 r* G i2 pWarnings 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. 6 n; _! \* x+ I& {1 s
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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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# o/ L- @! K" }, k$ P"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'
; r) ]( J* Q% _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.& l3 J* N* D* s) w; b3 m& N
% k" H9 m/ x7 S* r B! l) x6 eThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.
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2 x$ r6 \" l: P6 h6 z2 y& Y"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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"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." " B5 d% m" W) i2 }3 P
# U0 F/ q- K) w: z' x, QAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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