Patient pulls kitchen knife on paramedics

She had a change of attitude, police said.

At 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, as ambulance crew rescuers hauled her to a hospital, the 55-year-old patient lying on their ambulance cot sat up, pulled out a kitchen knife, and threatened to stab the two paramedics trying to help her, Wichita police said.

Police patrol officers met the Sedgwick County EMS ambulance at the hospital. After establishing that the patient was healthy, the officers took her to jail, Wichita police Sgt. Roger Runft said.

She was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of felony possession of a dangerous weapon and two counts of aggravated assault, Runft said.

“Apparently she had a change of attitude about being taken to the hospital in an ambulance,” Runft said.

This story was originally published February 21, 2015 at 1:11 PM with the headline "Patient pulls kitchen knife on paramedics."