Female dementia patient with leg swelling needs emergency care, Kanopolis KS
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Emergency medical services responded to a 78-year-old female dementia patient near West 2nd Street in Kanopolis who showed a change in condition and had swelling in her legs. She had not taken her prescribed medications for several weeks, including mental health and dementia medicines.
Audio|Heard on: Ellsworth Fire and EMS
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Ellsworth County EMS, near West 2nd Street in Kanopolis, I have a 78-year-old female with a change of condition.
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She is a dementia patient.
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She has responses but barely so earlier this week and has some swelling in our legs.
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They said that this I think over the past couple weeks,
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choosing off meds for about a month to a month and a half,
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which includes anti-psychotics, depressants and dementia meds in 42 hours.
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W 2nd St, Kanopolis, KS 67454
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