Nurse Performs CPR On Intoxicated Raccoon In Kentucky Rescue

A Kentucky nurse saved a young raccoon’s life after finding it unconscious in a dumpster filled with rainwater on August 14th. Misty Combs, who works for the Letcher County Health Department, discovered the juvenile raccoon had consumed fermented peaches discarded by Kentucky Mist Moonshine Distillery in Whitesburg. The peaches had been soaked in distilled alcohol for making peach moonshine. “I would say that he ate the fermented peaches and he fell over drunk into the water,” Combs told the Lexington Herald-Leader. With a colleague’s help, Combs pulled the raccoon from the dumpster and performed compression-only CPR until water came from its mouth. “Come on, baby, come on!” she said during the rescue. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife transported the animal to a veterinarian. The raccoon recovered overnight and was released the next day. (Newser)

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