Overview

• In Whitesburg, Kentucky, nurse Misty Combs encountered a distressed raccoon family outside the Letcher County Health Department.
• One pup was found unresponsive in water after reportedly eating fermented peaches discarded in a nearby distillery dumpster.
• Coworkers’ video shows Combs performing chest compressions until the pup began breathing, and the clip quickly gained national attention.
• Combs and colleagues contacted the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, which transferred the animal to a local veterinarian for evaluation.
• After receiving the all-clear, the pup was returned to the parking lot the following day and released, with Combs assisting.