[Drago]

Very specialized/expensive device (not a type of “ventilator”...more like a heart/lung machine):

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/ecmo/about/pac-20484615

https://khn.org/news/miracle-machine-makes-heroic-rescues-and-leaves-patients-in-limbo/

[blueplum]

I really liked the khn article. Thanks.

also from khn:
““There are plenty of ECMO machines — it’s people who know how to run it,” said Dr. Robert Bartlett, a retired surgeon at the University of Michigan who helped pioneer the technology...It’s a fairly high-risk intervention with little room for error. And it requires a round-the-clock team.”

https://khn.org/news/article/ecmo-life-support-is-a-last-resort-for-covid-and-in-short-supply-in-south/

I looked up salary ranges for an ECMO tech in AK and it’s around $100K on a natural career path progression

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/ecmo-specialist-salary/ak