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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。! n/ ?3 D- _! j8 f7 I6 E, w
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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。% [' u& N* w% k0 _
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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.
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% q& q; B' O2 j5 q" v, J+ c" T% MJeremy 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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5 G2 d; h6 z5 U"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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' w3 g' I7 j$ A" P# A+ mHampton picked up the vial using rubber gloves. Soon after, he began having breathing problems and an elevated heart rate.# Z2 }+ t( z% T2 e# C* c @$ @; e
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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."; N& }7 p& l" A- q
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0 ?1 b( X3 c1 A, q* sRCMP 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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4 G$ t+ v. I& f9 ~2 f2 I3 HThe vial contained MDMA, cocaine and fentanyl.' s0 e: x2 ^" r3 m; c) l Y
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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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+ @" ~" } C- F# Z( Z; b"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." 8 Z4 i# S$ e3 ]% h1 n4 L- h: R' t
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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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