Nationality British Name Brian Sellick | Fields Anesthesiologist | |
Born June 13, 1918
Surrey, United Kingdom. ( 1918-06-13 ) Died July 13, 1996, London, United Kingdom | ||
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996) was a British anesthesiologist. He was known for cricoid pressure, he described in 1961. This manoeuvre is named after him.
Sellick worked as anesthesiologist at Middlesex Hospital. There he demonstrated the efficacy of his invention using a cadaver with full stomach placed in the Trendelenburg position.
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