# New Jersey teenager revives three-week-old baby after recent CPR training

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/teen-saves-suffocating-newborns-life-just-two-days-after-completing-cpr-training/
- Published: 2026-11-08T05:39:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T05:47:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16275289/Teen-saves-suffocating-newborn-life-CPR-training.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A teenager performed CPR on a three-week-old baby.
- She had completed CPR training two days earlier.
- Her cousin called 911 and helped communicate with the parents.

## Summary

A 16-year-old New Jersey student used recently learned CPR to help revive a three-week-old baby who had stopped breathing in a Tuckerton parking lot. Her cousin called 911 and helped communicate with the baby’s Spanish-speaking parents, while she performed chest compressions; the incident highlights how CPR training can help people respond in emergencies.

Ariana Leonardis had completed a CPR course at Ocean County Vocational Technical School just two days earlier. The baby began coughing and crying after the compressions, and an ambulance took the infant to hospital. Leonardis’s instructor and school district praised her calm response and quick thinking.

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