A TEEN’S quick thinking actions saved a little boy’s life.

    Kaela Eads, 18, from Tennessee, the U.S., said she was finishing her shift at a local fast-food restaurant on the night of Feb. 28 when a woman who had just exited the drive-thru came running up to the window with her toddler son in her hands asking for help.

    “She said ‘can someone help me? He’s not breathing,’” Eads told InsideEdition.com. “I ran outside and took off my apron and laid him on top of it and started doing CPR.”

    Eads had learned the technique and received her certification in one of her high school classes but she never thought she’d have to use it.

    “I started doing chest compressions. I got him to breath at one point and then he stopped breathing again. I did it again and I got to him to constantly breath faintly,” said Eads.

    Eads said she didn’t know if she’d be able to perform CPR correctly initially because she’d only practiced on a dummy.

    “But I thought to myself I am going to face the inevitable if I don’t try,” said Eads.

    The ambulance arrived in less than five minutes and transferred the toddler to the hospital.

    Darrell Mears, a Bristol Tennessee Fire Department paramedic, told the Bristol Herald Courier that Eads’ actions saved the boy’s life. “Early recognition is so important during a medical emergency,” Mears said.

    (SD-Agencies)