Brian Arthur Sellick

Brian Arthur Sellick
Born (1918-06-13)13 June 1918
Surrey, United Kingdom.
Died 13 July 1996(1996-07-13) (aged 78)
London, United Kingdom.
Nationality British
Scientific career
Fields anaesthetist

Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996)[1][2] was a British anesthesiologist.[3] He was known for cricoid pressure, he described in 1961.[4] 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Biography of Brian Arthur Sellick
  2. ↑ Pallister, W.K. (1996). "Brian Arthur Sellick MB, BS, FRCA, FFARCS, DA 13 June 1918 to 13 July 1996". Anaesthesia. 51 (12): 1194–1195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15086.x.
  3. 1 2 Brian Arthur Sellick - History of surgery
  4. ↑ L, Páez; Jairo, John; V, Navarro; Ricardo, J. (2010-10-01). "Controversial issue of cricoid pressure or Sellick maneuver". Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología. 38 (3): 377–383. ISSN 0120-3347.


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