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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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5 m, h [+ a* t) {% s4 N( Q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, c) j; ^7 [) S3 r# Z
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3 o" O" h% E* |8 FWarnings 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.* Q( C/ @: }% P& Q
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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.2 P! o O3 ^* m* e- d
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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. ! `; {9 V; L F
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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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0 V- o1 e! q! m% Y# m- m"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."+ x" A* P! w9 A8 m/ r8 g
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'A very dangerous substance'+ \. c- y- F3 @# k0 Y, R; N0 A
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.& ~. a: p: y. W3 q8 S6 H
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9 T2 `% y% a e5 _0 c"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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" W) ~- h! o+ q- k7 N5 R% y7 ^"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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7 m6 q4 e3 z- v3 ^After a couple days off the job, Hampton is back to work and "doing fine," Dawn said. |
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