By: Joseph Maa
Date: June 10, 2017
Hi everyone!
Just a weird thought about blood pressure for today. The common numbers that everyone knows is 120/80 mmHg mercury for normal blood pressure. The mmHg just means the pressure to push a column of mercury 120 mm at sea level.
I was really confused today after thinking about getting stabbed and bleeding out because normal atmospheric pressure is 760 mmHg. It makes sense that if the outer atmospheric pressure were higher than our circulation, that blood would just stay in our body when we got a cut.
Hopefully you enjoyed this random fact and hope your day is absolutely swell!
Your friend,
Joseph