Main Entry: Hol·ger Niel·sen method Pronunciation: 'hOl-g&r-'nEl-s&n- Function: noun :BACK PRESSURE-ARM LIFT METHOD Nielsen,Holger(1866–1955), Danish army officer.Nielsen was a lieutenant colonel in the Danish army. He originated the back pressure-arm lift method of artificial respiration and published a description of it in 1932.