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

Tony Downs, MD, FAEMUS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Assistant Professor, UTHSC Memphis Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Director, Methodist University Hospital

Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University, Emergency Ultrasound
Residency: Akron General Medical Center
Medical school: Wright State University Boonshoft 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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