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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。 F% R9 H" t5 u7 K
* C& I* ]" L4 H' S1 F+ Z* _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
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Warnings 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.* Q2 m# A# u5 ]% d9 ^
+ ?- ~! X- M! X: @4 I0 z1 ~/ R% c& fJeremy 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.; z2 ^; a! o* w' s% W
) L* z! v+ ]0 x7 M: ]6 S! x"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.
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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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* c5 H+ r, d3 x* g"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."/ I. h3 g" M( H& w7 |# z7 r- \- C
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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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The vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.1 N! ]! [ s+ Q2 N+ W
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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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( F& v$ s3 W; C g: a4 Q" }"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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After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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