Promising Feature and Challenge of Utilizing Erythropoietin Hormone to Support Emergency Teams’ Activities at High-Altitude Geographical Area

Elva Stiawan(1*), Siti Humairah Nur Dzulhijjah Lubis(2),

(1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Republic of Indonesia Defense University, Bogor
(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Military Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Republic of Indonesia Defense University, Bogor
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


After being deployed for any disaster or emergency, both civil and military emergency teams are expected to quickly adapt to a relatively extreme condition of geographical region, such as the possibility of hypoxia in a high-altitude area. In areas with limited amounts of oxygen, an approach to consume a certain dosage of Erythropoietin hormone could be considered to accelerate the red blood cell maturation of the emergency teams’ personnel. Based on its common clinical properties in treating anemia conditions of chronic renal failure patients, this short communication proposed advantages and limitations of the utilization of the Erythropoietin hormone for supporting emergency teams’ performance in terms of hypoxia condition. Because this hormone has been approved by health authorities and widely used for therapeutic purposes, this approach could be wisely considered and further developed with quite a similar purpose in terms of humanity, i.e., to help many victims of the affected area.

Keywords


Erythropoietin; EPO; Hypoxia; Polypeptides hormone; Red blood maturation

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