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Elderly man transported for high potassium after refusing dialysis 

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Near Smith Ave N, St Paul, MN 55102
An elderly man from a nursing home is taken to the hospital because his potassium levels are very high after he refused dialysis treatment for one week. He is awake and stable.
Audio|Source: Washington County Public Safety
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Transcript:
Good morning, May 20 going to United. We have an 84-year-old male coming from a nursing home. Chief complaint is abnormal labs. A patient has been refusing dialysis for the past week. They say that his potassium is dangerously high. Currently, he's alert and oriented, vitally stable, refusing blood sugar at this time, and has no other complaints. We're going to United with an ETA about 10 minutes or 7 or 8 minutes now questions or orders cars for 1052 cell phone 65 and 10

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Near Smith Ave N, St Paul, MN 55102

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