It's not as bad as you think. The ventilator is only one part of the solution. There are also sensors for heart rate and oxygen consumption, maybe even CO2 (though that's expensive) and Human beings involved in monitoring everything.
First, most of these patients are probably not completely breathing-depressed to the point they don't breathe on their own at all. That extends the time necessary to fix anything.
If indeed one of these ventilators malfunctions, it is probably visible at once. In case of loss-of-function an operator can immediately grab the bag and resume ventilation. In other failures he can disconnect the device and reconnect a non-mechanized manual bag in seconds.
This can even be done by volunteers with minimal training, in such emergency situations.
Honestly, I might start saving for a few years and actually do it. It sounds like a thing that would be awesome to do and more so, a good experience in general.
Would there be any restrictions for people not living in the USA?
Very few podcasts do have the qualities you are looking for. NPR's slew of podcasts has been the only one that has been consistently goes in-depth on certain topics. If anyone else knows of podcasts similar, please share!
FWIW, I've had a similar experience. So I was curious who sold my information and did some digging (was it my realtor, insurance agent, or title agent?). I asked each of them, they all denied it, but told me:
When you buy a house, all your info is public information on your county's website (most up to date counties). Unfortunately, I don't think you can stop them from publishing that information and having bots scrape that data to send you junk mail.
Most counties redact your name from their public website. But they don’t actually need that anyway. Your credit report has the address of the house and how much you owe on the mortgage.
And the credit agencies will sell your info to anyone.
There are also call center programs that call specifically to fill in those details. You answer, they ask who they are speaking to, then click, they're gone.
> Most counties redact your name from their public website.
In what state? Dallas County (TX) and Broward County (FL) don't. Nor does New Jersey (we have a unified system for all 22 counties). In Dallas County I can even see the names of everyone who owned a property for the previous five years as well.
In California I’ve never found a county that lists the property owner online. The only way to get the owner is to go to the county recorders office and look it up there.
Califironia has a law against state and local government displaying name and address of elected officials (and maybe some others?). California counties have decided it's easier to just not show any names on online property taz records than figure out who is an elected official.
Large, secured loans are recorded in public ledgers by law. I believe the motivation was to prevent people from going around and securing multiple loans with the same asset, before credit-scoring agencies existed.
> Large, secured loans are recorded in public ledgers by law.
That's not true of “large, secured loans” in general.
OTOH, it is true of certain real property interests, including those of both owners and secured lenders; this is about the size of a secured loan, it's about clarity of title to real estate.
There is some value in a public record of whom owns what land. Minimally it would create stronger property rights where things can’t be sold twice over like they are in other countries. One might also want to know if the owners are foreign entities.
If arachnids are able to detect magnetic fields and react accordingly, are humans also able to do the same?
Anecdotally, I've always had people commenting on how their mood is down when it is storming outside, and that they feel a 'negative energy' that doesn't motivate them to do anything. So I wonder if there is a relation?
The good thing; at least you'll have a working Ventilator.
On the other, your life depends on this frankenstein'd together machine made with hospital spare parts.