Blood gas Analysis of Bajau Sea Nomads Tribe Divers Indonesia
Rini Puspitaningrum1, Azzahra Humairrah2, Yanti Susianti3, Erfan Handoko4, Arina Khairunnisa3, and Azzahra Mutmainah5
1. Department of Biology, FMIPA Universitas Negeri Jakarta
2. Human Medicine, JLU Giessen Germany
3. Medical Doctor, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
4. Department of Physics, Universitas Negeri Jakarta
5. Department of Biological Educational, FMIPA Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Abstract
The Bajau sea nomads as a famous tribe Indonesia. Bajau can breathe in sea water more than 3 minutes. There have been studies conducted on the Bajau tribe before, but this research will discuss the analysis of the Bajau tribes blood gas. The 20 people from the Bajau Tribe agreed, after the interview was taken, blood would be collected to find out how much PaO2 was. It was found that all the Bajau tribes had a PaO2 yield of more than 95%, which indicated that the oxygen in their blood was very high. Average depth above 3 meters.
Keywords: Bajau sea nomads tribe, diving, breathing adaptation
Topic: Biology