Brian Arthur Sellick | |
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| Born |
13 June 1918 |
| Died | 13 July 1996 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | anaesthetist |
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996) was a British anaesthetist. He was known for cricoid pressure, he described in 1961. 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.
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| Histories of medical specialties | ||
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| History of methods in medicine | ||
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