CCrawfordMechemMD

Emergency Medicine • Philadelphia, PA

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Office
3400 Spruce Street
Ground Silverstein Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-6698
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Summary

Dr. C Mechem, MD is a board certified emergency medicine physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania and California. He is affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

Education & Training

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1989 - Present
PA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medical Services

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Deployment of Alternative Response Units in a High-Volume, Urban EMS System
C. Crawford Mechem, Crystal A. Yates, Maureen S. Rush, Arturo Alleyne, H. Jay Singleton, Tabitha L. Boyle> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2020 May 1
7 citations
Geographic Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Center Destination Policies.
Michael T. Mullen, William Pajerowski, Steven R. Messé, C. Crawford Mechem, Judy Jia, Michael E. Abboud, Guy David, Brendan G. Carr, Roger A. Band> ;Stroke. 2018 Apr 1
5 citations
The Association of Prehospital Intravenous Fluids and Mortality in Patients with Penetrating Trauma.
Sam A. Bores, William Pajerowski, Brendan G. Carr, Daniel N. Holena, Zachary F. Meisel, Roger A. Band> ;The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018 Apr 1
11 citations
Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher and Crew Diagnosis of Stroke in Clinical Practice
Judy Jia, Roger A. Band, Michael E. Abboud, William Pajerowski, Michelle Guo, Guy David, C. Crawford Mechem, Steven R. Messé, Brendan G. Carr, Michael T. Mullen> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2017 Sep 14
3 citations
Adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in philadelphia from 2008-2012: An epidemiological study.
David F. Gaieski, Anish K. Agarwal, Benjamin S. Abella, Robert W. Neumar, C. Crawford Mechem, Sarah Wallace Cater, Frances S. Shofer, Marion Leary, William Pajerowski,...> ;Resuscitation. 2017 Jun 1
1 citations
No other option.
Melissa D. Kohn, C. Crawford Mechem> ;JEMS. 2016 Jun 1
34 citations
Recognition of Stroke by EMS is Associated with Improvement in Emergency Department Quality Measures.
Michael E. Abboud, Roger A. Band, Judy Jia, William Pajerowski, Guy David, Michelle Guo, C. Crawford Mechem, Steven R. Messé, Brendan G. Carr, Michael T. Mullen> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016 May 31
Prehospital Medical Planning for the 2015 Philadelphia Papal Visit.
C. Crawford Mechem, Jeremiah Laster, Christopher Baldini, Melissa D. Kohn> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2016 May 23
6 citations
Rapid Assessment Medical Support (RAMS) for active shooter incidents.
C. Crawford Mechem, Richard Bossert, Christopher Baldini> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2015 Mar 30
Tactical Medicine: A Joint Forces Field Algorithm
Maor Waldman, Shmuel C. Shapira, Aaron Richman, Brian P. Haughton, C. Crawford Mechem> ;Military Medicine. 2014 Sep 29
Effect of Time of Day on Prehospital Care and Outcomes after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Wallace, S. K.,Abella, B. S.,Shofer, F. S.,Leary, M.,Agarwal, A. K.,Mechem, C. C.,Gaieski, D. F.,Becker, L. B.,Neumar, R. W.,Band, R. A.> ;Circulation. 2013 Apr 16
3 citations
Prehospital Assessment and Management of Patients with Ventricular-Assist Devices
> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2013 Mar 1
4 citations
Dignitary medicine: adapting prehospital, preventive, tactical and travel medicine to new populations.
Roger A. Band, David W Callaway, Bradley A. Connor, Brian P. Haughton, C. Crawford Mechem> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2012 Sep 1
16 citations
Prehospital Care and New Models of Regionalization
David C. Cone, E. Brooke Lerner, Roger A. Band, Chris Renjilian, Bentley J. Bobrow, C. Crawford Mechem, Alix J E Carter, Douglas F. Kupas, Daniel W. Spaite> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010 Dec 1
21 citations
Influence of sex on the out-of-hospital management of chest pain.
Zachary F. Meisel, Katrina Armstrong, C. Crawford Mechem, Frances S. Shofer, Nick Peacock, Kim Facenda, Charles V. Pollack> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2010 Jan 1
8 citations
Multicenter validation of the Philadelphia EMS admission rule (PEAR) to predict hospital admission in adult patients using out-of-hospital data.
Zachary F. Meisel, Rex Mathew, Gerald C. Wydro, C. Crawford Mechem, Charles V. Pollack, Robert Katzer, Anjeli Prabhu, Adora Ozumba, Jesse M. Pines> ;Academic Emergency Medicine. 2009 Jun 1
20 citations
Derivation andInternal Validation of a Rule to Predict Hospital Admission in Prehospital Patients
Zachary F. Meisel, Charles V. Pollack, C. Crawford Mechem, Jesse M. Pines> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2008 Jul 1
2 citations
Surge capacity: we all need it. How do we get it?
C. Crawford Mechem> ;JEMS. 2007 Nov 1
4 citations
Impact of the Privacy Rule on the Study of Out-of-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Marilyn C. Morris, C. Crawford Mechem, Robert A. Berg, Bentley J. Bobrow, Starla Burns, Lani Clark, Valerie J. De Maio, Monique Kusick, Neal J. Richmond, Ian G. Stiell...> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2007 Jan 1
7 citations
Effect of night vision goggles on performance of advanced life support skills by emergency personnel.
Savoy Brummer, Edward T. Dickinson, Frances S. Shofer, James P. McCans, C. Crawford Mechem> ;Military Medicine. 2006 Apr 1
3 citations
Outcome of travelers who refuse transport after emergency medical services evaluation at an international airport.
Robert J. Marsan, Frances S. Shofer, Judd E. Hollander, Edward T. Dickinson, C. Crawford Mechem> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2005 Oct 1
86 citations
Head-elevated laryngoscopy position: improving laryngeal exposure during laryngoscopy by increasing head elevation.
Richard M. Levitan, C. Crawford Mechem, E. Andrew Ochroch, Frances S. Shofer, Judd E. Hollander> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2003 Mar 1
6 citations
The utility of tympanic versus oral temperature measurements of firefighters in emergency incident rehabilitation operations.
Edward T. Dickinson, John J. Bevilacqua, Jessica D. Hill, Frank D. Sites, Fred W. Wurster, C. Crawford Mechem> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2003 Jul 1
36 citations
Injuries from assaults on paramedics and firefighters in an urban emergency medical services system.
C. Crawford Mechem, Edward T. Dickinson, Frances S. Shofer, David Jaslow> ;Prehospital Emergency Care. 2002 Oct 1
18 citations
Potential use of autoinjector-packaged antidotes for treatment of pediatric nerve agent toxicity
Fred M. Henretig, C. Crawford Mechem, Rita K. Jew> ;Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2002 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania