Brian Arthur Sellick

Brian Arthur Sellick
Born(1918-06-13)13 June 1918
Surrey, United Kingdom.
Died13 July 1996(1996-07-13) (aged 78)
London, United Kingdom.
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
Fieldsanaesthetist

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]

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. ^ a b "Brian Arthur Sellick - History of surgery". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. ^ L, Páez; Jairo, John; V, Navarro; Ricardo, J. (1 October 2010). "Controversial issue of cricoid pressure or Sellick maneuver". Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología. 38 (3): 377–383. doi:10.1016/S0120-3347(10)83009-6. ISSN 0120-3347.


Stub icon

This United Kingdom biographical article related to medicine is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.