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Elderly woman taken to hospital after sleeping pill overdose, Shellsburg IA

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Near 30th Ave Dr, Shellsburg, IA 52332

An elderly woman took six sleeping pills and became physically aggressive towards her family and paramedics. She was restrained and is being transported by EMS with police following.

Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I have a 90-8-year-old female who fell by 1130 this morning.
00:03
She's not reporting any injuries at this time.
00:09
Okay, where we'll send up.
00:20
She took six of her sleeping pills. She is prescribed Clonidin 0.2 milligrams.
00:31
She was being physically aggressive with family prior to our arrival. When we were on scene, she was physically aggressive with the medics as well, pushed one of us down, kicked another.
00:39
So she's currently in handcuffs, soft for strength on her ankles as well.
00:43
So all I can give you is heart rate of 87 and she's 97% on room air.
00:50
Cromotraffic, we got an ETA of probably 35 minutes and PDs following behind us, so they'll be there as well.

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Near 30th Ave Dr, Shellsburg, IA 52332
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