The heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.
✓ TRUE FACT
With systolic pressure around 120 mmHg, blood can exit a cut artery with impressive force. “30 feet” is a dramatic way to express arterial pressure and depends on the wound and vessel size, but it highlights how powerful the heart’s pumping pressure is.
🤯 "The heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet. But it never gets invited to water fights."