Author: Michael Wong

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  • Michael Wong

    Dr. Michael Wong is a FRCPC Emergency Physician with special interests in end-of-life communication, health literacy, and simulation. Michael also has a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Fellowship.

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ultrasound
CME, Featured, Ultrasound

Point of Care Ultrasound Archiving Requirements

by Michael Wong, Paul Pageau, Shahbaz Syed 0 comments on Point of Care Ultrasound Archiving Requirements
Canadian national guidelines recommend Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) image archiving for documentation, and to facilitate quality improvement and assurance -... Read more.
Point-of-care echocardiography
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Point-of-Care Echocardiography

by Michael Wong, Shahbaz Syed 3 comments on Point-of-Care Echocardiography
In non-emergency medicine literature, cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound is termed “focused cardiac ultrasound” or “FoCUS,” and has been the subject of national... Read more.
benzodiazepines
Addictions, Critical Care, Featured, mental health, psychiatry

Distilling it Down Part II: Optimizing Discharge from the ED

by Michael Wong, Alex Coutin 0 comments on Distilling it Down Part II: Optimizing Discharge from the ED
In part 1 of this 2-part series, we discussed diagnosis and initial management of alcohol withdrawal. In part 2, we discuss the role of the benzodiazepines on discharge,... Read more.
alcohol withdrawal
Critical Care, Featured, psychiatry, Toxicology

Distilling it Down Part I: Alcohol Withdrawal in the ED

by Michael Wong, Alex Coutin 0 comments on Distilling it Down Part I: Alcohol Withdrawal in the ED
In Ontario, Canada, alcohol-related ED visits have increased 4.4x faster than the overall increase in visits from 2003-2016, and was responsible for more admissions... Read more.
consent
cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Resuscitation

Consent for resuscitation of incapable patients in the Emergency Department

by Michael Wong, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman 1 comment on Consent for resuscitation of incapable patients in the Emergency Department
In the second part of this two-part series, Dr. Michael Wong discusses the process for obtaining consent for incapable persons in the Emergency Department. For a... Read more.
goals of care
cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Resuscitation

A How-to Guide to Goals of Care Discussions in the Emergency Department

by Michael Wong, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman 0 comments on A How-to Guide to Goals of Care Discussions in the Emergency Department
In this two-part series, Dr. Michael Wong begins by reviewing a rational and patient-centered approach to difficult discussions in the Emergency Department around... Read more.