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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。+ ~# T. `) n2 T2 ?" [, U
1 u" o: K" k( J6 O/ u8 j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 |/ k- L7 L* t& l% E$ w$ w
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+ _8 h9 S6 O$ r& ?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.
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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.( ~! i' q/ X3 Z; ?
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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. 5 p# ]' \1 N. `% ?
3 ~6 O" y# z3 M# cHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.
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; @$ G' q! k/ x5 R' `' c7 F"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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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.
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2 I6 E; T1 r$ J c/ S5 i- z4 v"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."
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/ N; c5 z. t& f$ m+ h2 J6 r' EAfter a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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