Brian Arthur Sellick
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Brian Arthur Sellick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 June 1918 |
| Died | 13 July 1996 (aged 78) |
| 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]
