A teenage girl performed CPR last week on an infant in a Walmart store and saved her life.
Abby Snodgrass, 17, was in a Missouri Walmart dressing room when she heard a call over the store radio that there was an infant with no pulse who stopped breathing, 9 News reported.
Snodgrass, who learned CPR a few months prior in her high school health class, immediately rushed over to the middle of the crowd to try and help.
"I was terrified. I remember thinking as I'm doing the compressions, what if this doesn't work? But I had to put it out of my mind," Snodgrass said to ABC News.
In fall 2013, the Hillsboro school district in Missouri began bringing experts into health classes to teach students how to perform CPR, Jesse Barton, Valle Ambulance District Chief, told 9 News.
"By the end of this year we will have taught it to around 600 kids," Barton added.
Chief Mike Arnhart, who responded to the 911 call, said that without Snodgrass' help, the infant may have died before the trained professionals got there.
"Seconds count," Arnhart said to 9 News. "In this case this young lady stepped up, her training kicked in and she did exactly what she was trained to do."
Snodgrass, recently enlisted in the National Guard, was happy that she was able to take the skills learned in class into the real world.
"I can't explain how happy I was when she started to breathe," Snodgrass said to ABC News. "It was a huge relief."
The infant's family expressed gratitude towards the teenage hero.
"We are exceedingly grateful to the young woman who helped our daughter. Our daughter is home and healthy, and we couldn't be more thankful," the family said in a statement.
