Elderly woman reportedly tried to put a plastic bag over her head

Heard on: Lake IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Ambulance 100 and fifty-two and battalion forty-six to a psychiatric problem.

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Grid forty-six CTH one at (number withheld) North Waukegan Road.

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Unit thirty-eight.

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At two (number withheld) North Waukegan Road, Unit Thirty Eight, Grid Forty Six CTH One, a psychiatric problem.

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Ambulance One Hundred and Fifty Two and Battalion Forty Six.

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Battalion Forty Six, you out.

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This is received.

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Eighty year old female trying to put a plastic bag over her head.

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Get North Chicago ambulance, you out.

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Say 46.

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Go ahead.

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North Chicago would like to know if they should stage 1st .

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I don't think they need to stage unless you have other information.

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Yeah, I just wanted to verify.

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I don't know what's happening.

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This is North Fire and EMS, 152, we're en route to your psychiatric on Waukegan Road.

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Message received.

7/30/2026 10:14 AM

Medical Emergency

N Waukegan Rd, Lake Bluff, IL 60044

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a psychiatric/behavioral emergency on North Waukegan Road (exact municipality unclear from the radio traffic). Dispatch advised that an approximately 80-year-old woman was reportedly trying to put a plastic bag over her head; a responding unit asked whether to stage and was told staging did not appear necessary based on available information.