The EMRA offices will be closed for the upcoming holidays from Wednesday, December 24, 2025 until Monday, January 5, 2026.

Lindsay Ritter, MD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Department of Critical Care
MedStar Georgetown and Washington Hospital Center

Fellowship: University of Maryland, Critical Care Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine

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POCUS For the Win

POCUS for the Win: Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis for Cardiac Tamponade

2/25/2025 Kelly Lew, MD , Alex Y Koo, MD , Lindsay Ritter, MD , Yuji Kawano, MD , Miranda Teixeira, MD , Tony Downs, MD, FAEMUS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

POCUS is a key diagnostic tool that can allow emergency physicians to diagnose cardiac tamponade with the presence of a pericardial effusion with right ventricular collapse during diastole and/or righ

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