Brian Arthur Sellick

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

Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996)^[1]^[2] was an 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]

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Brian Arthur Sellick

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