perfusionist....sell perfume ah?

My dilligent efforts in looking through the job classifieds has led me to a discovery of a vocation that I've never seen or heard. And yes...I am still dilligently searching for a suitable vocation that would best fit my needs and end this phase of temporary unemployment. That said, I'm progressively easing myself back into answering interview questions such as:

"What is your mother doing?"(now...later? she's home playing mahjong?)
"Are you planning to get married?"(you want to be on my RSVP list or somethin')
"What car do you drive?"(I have my own chaffeur...his name is Mr.MRT and Miss SBS)

So...there I go griping about our peculiar human resource process of finding the right candidates...but I shall stop here as this is not what I want to talk about.

Flipping through the classfieds, I came across an ad for a Perfusionist. At first thought it was someone who concocted perfumes for a living, but later after Googling it came this result.

One of the major medical technological breakthroughs of the last 50 years is the development of the heart-lung machine. This was devised to maintain the human body in a living state even when such vital organs as the heart and lungs are not functioning. Removal of carbon dioxide from and the addition of oxygen to the blood takes place as the blood passes through the machine and is then returned to the anesthetized patient. Thus, surgeons now are able to make necessary repairs.
The professional who operates the heart-lung machine during surgery is the perfusionist. These workers are also involved in acquiring patients' blood for temporary storage before surgery. With coronary bypass surgery becoming commonplace, the current focus of advancement in this field involves organ transplantation.
Activities
Perfusionists are trained to carry out a complex, challenging, and extremely responsible job. They use complex, specialized instruments and life-support techniques. Constant monitoring of vital signs is essential to properly managing the physiologic functions of the patient. The perfusionist must be prepared to respond quickly and appropriately to instructions from the surgeon or anesthesiologist.
Training
Bachelor's degree plus 1-2 year perfusionist training program.

taken from http://www.utexas.edu/student/careercenter/careers/perfusionist.html

So...they don't make perfumes after all.....of course I would rather make the world smell better than fiddle around with someone's life....It scares me when they put the word extremely in front of responsible....

Anyway....the search goes on....