International- A North Carolina mother's 17-year-old daughter collapsed at a cheerleading competition, per TODAY.
- Andrea Joe rushed in to perform CPR on her daughter who went into cardiac arrest, WRAL-TV reported.
A North Carolina mother saved her daughter's life by performing CPR after the teen collapsed at a local cheerleading competition, according to news reports.
Keianna Joe, 17, was warming up with her team at an event in Raleigh earlier this month when she went into cardiac arrest, WRAL-TV reported. Andrea, the teen's mother, told the outlet that the team was practicing a stunt when her daughter when into cardiac arrest.
"I saw her coach come running out of the back door of the other building screaming just frantically, 'Get an ambulance. Get an ambulance. We need the ambulance here now," Andrea told TODAY in a March 15 interview.
Andrea, a trained medical assistant, started doing chest compressions in an effort to save Keianna in what she called the "scariest moment of my life," the outlet reported.
In addition to the CPR, Andrea was able to get her hands on an AED, an automated external defibrillator, which is a device that delivered a shock to help restore her daughter's heartbeat, according to the reports. She then continued chest compressions until medics arrived, WRAL-TV reported. First responders transported Keianna to a local hospital to receive medical treatment, where she is recovering, according to the outlet.
The teen's doctor championed Andrea for her life-saving efforts and quick instinct, TODAY reported.
"If we can save one life with the knowledge of how important it is to get the AED," Andrea told WRAL-TV. "Every facility that has any kind of athletes and children at all, they need to have one."