Doubt has been cast on a Massachusetts police department’s recent report to the community that an officer lost consciousness and was hospitalized due to her exposure to fentanyl during an arr…
BILLERICA — Doubt has been cast on theto the community that an officer lost consciousness and was hospitalized due to her exposure to fentanyl during an arrest.
Dr. Nathan MacDonald, an emergency physician and president of medical staff at Lowell General Hospital, said morphine is given to patients in milligram doses, while fentanyl is administered in microgram doses. Dr. Balram Sharma, who is the director of acute pain service and regional anesthesia at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of Beth Israel Health, referenced a 2017 joint statement from the American College of Medical Toxicology and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology that states, though fentanyl is potent, “the risk of clinically significant exposure to emergency responders is extremely low.
If the fentanyl was on an individual’s skin, Sharma said fentanyl can enter the body through a cut or an abrasion, but even then, it presents an extremely low risk of harm. When Lang was in police custody, Frost said the officer returned to the police station, at which point “she immediately reported not feeling well.” According to Frost, the officer in charge “noticed that her eyes began to roll,” and she collapsed.
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