Brian Arthur Sellick | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 July 1996 | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Scientific career | |
Fields | anaesthetist |
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996) [1] [2] was a British anaesthetist. [3] He was known for cricoid pressure, he described in 1961. [4] This manoeuvre is named after him.
Sellick worked as an anaesthetist at Middlesex Hospital. There he demonstrated the efficacy of his invention using a cadaver with full stomach placed in the Trendelenburg position. [3]