Pins & Needles

THE BLOG OF THE GEOFFREY KAYE MUSEUM OF ANAESTHETIC HISTORY

Impacts of the pandemic on anaesthetic trainees

Impacts of the pandemic on anaesthetic trainees

Dr Richard Seglenieks is an Anaesthetic Registrar at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. Here, he provides some additional reflections following on from a previous post in June 2020. I have found living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic stressful, and I know many...

COVID-19 as an Anaesthetic Trainee

COVID-19 as an Anaesthetic Trainee

Dr Richard Seglenieks is an Anaesthetic Registrar at St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. Here, he records his reflections on the 'strange times' we're living and working in during 2020.   We are living in strange times. It feels entirely inadequate, yet also...

Isolation Jigsaws

Isolation Jigsaws

A lot's happened in the last few months and jigsaws seem to be the activity of the moment. According to social media, everybody’s doing them. So, the Geoffrey Kaye Museum thought it was time to get on board the jigsaw bandwagon. We searched the collection for some...

Covid-19 and the museum

  There’s a lot going on right now. You’re probably getting a lot of emails cancelling events you’ve been looking forward to for ages or outlining organisations’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is another one. The museum is part of the Australian and New...

Portrait of Professor Kate Leslie – 2013

Portrait of Professor Kate Leslie – 2013

Professor Kate Leslie was ANZCA President from 2010 - 2012. At the end of each president’s term, the college commissions a portrait. There is now quite the collection of painted portraits dating back to 1992, when the college formally came into being. In this post,...

Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine on the Thai-Burma Railway

Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine on the Thai-Burma Railway

When Singapore fell in February 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army suddenly found itself in control of some 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POW), most of whom were British, Australian or Dutch. Approximately 22,000 POWs were Australian soldiers and among them were 106...

Portrait of Professor David A Scott, 2018

Portrait of Professor David A Scott, 2018

At the end of each president's term, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) commissions a portrait. There is now quite the collection of painted portraits dating back to 1992, when the college formally came into being. In 2016, ANZCA Council...