Deputy Sheriff shares story about helping to save the life of Scott Steiner

During an appearance on The Good Brothers’ Talkin Shop podcast, Georgia Deputy Sheriff Chris Johnson shared a story about saving Scott Steiner’s life in 2020. Johnson discussed being backstage at Impact Wrestling’s show on March 6th 2020 in Atlanta when Steiner collapsed backstage and was later taken to hospital.

Johnson recalled the following…

“Scott’s out there and he’s cutting his promo and he’s fired up as always. And he comes to the back and he did nothing in the ring but throw a clothesline. I mean, he took no bumps. He did nothing. So he’s walking to the back and I just happened to walk back there. For whatever reason, I just happened to go check on something. And Scott’s laying in the floor. And there’s people around him and they’re holding his hand and they’re talking to him.”

“So, I get close to him and he’s purple, like his lips are purple.”

“I jumped in and I start the compressions, chest compressions. I hear somebody like, why’s he doing that? And I’ll tell you why, because if you’re unresponsive, even though you’re not breathing, if you’re getting blood pumped to your organs, they’re usually going to be okay. Even when you get shocked or whatever, come back. If you keep that blood pumping, you keep that blood going to the brain, you still got oxygen in your blood, you’re probably not going to go brain dead.”

“And there’s another guy that jumps in because I don’t know if you’ve ever done chest compressions, but after so long, you’re just winded. So another brother jumps in and he’s doing some chest compressions and we swap out a couple of times. And then they come in with the defibrillator and all the things and shock him and send him on his way (to the hospital). And I’ll be honest, I told him this after we talked, I did not think he was alive when he left.” (quotes courtesy of F4WOnline.com)