Don't Be Afraid To Help Someone

Beyond words. This woman pulled over on the side of the road and saved her nephew's life by doing CPR. This is a scary thing to do - even for experienced medical personnel - but, she tried and single-handedly got the baby breathing again. She's a real hero.

This woman was trained in CPR several years before this incident but for anyone not trained in CPR, most doctors agree that you should try to do something to help someone who is unconscious and not breathing. Fear stops people from acting, and waiting for paramedics to arrive usually proves fatal for victims.

So, people should at least try to do compressions on adult victims and try to give rescue breaths to children and infants (if people are unconscious and not breathing). You can't harm an unconscious and non-breathing person because they are already dead, and they lose all chance of being revived if you don't at least try.

I've included a few links to help laypeople with no training. You won't make things worse, everything you do may help save a life. Always yell out for someone to call 911, then get to work doing whatever you can:

If you're afraid to do compressions on a baby, just give rescue breaths.
http://www.parents.com/baby/care/american-baby-how-tos/give-baby-cpr/

If you're afraid to give breaths to an adult, just do compressions.
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/pocket.html

(Al Diaz/The Miami Herald/AP Photo)