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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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2 A$ i5 `, s R; W: @$ ^ [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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8 R5 t5 d: K9 G& ] ^, }Alberta peace officer hospitalized after picking up discarded fentanyl vial$ a$ \4 P" [) a2 Z4 Q5 H
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" q, f& P) o2 R# 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.
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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.$ Q/ Q% z% W1 B! B
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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.
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Hampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.( T' x- Z( Q9 g v5 |
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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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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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"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.. D6 c# g, B& d" C& D
3 B% S% q8 P" A; f/ ]"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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' R: A7 Y( ]2 ], {After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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