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C. Crawford Mechem
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Committee to Review the Department of Surgery
Curriculum and Equipment committee
Youth Heart Watch Advisory Board
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 2156626963
Email:
mechemc@mail.med.upenn.edu
mechemc@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S. (Biology (with honors))
Stanford University, 1981.
M.S. (Biology)
Stanford University , 1982.
M.D.
Jefferson Medical College, 1988.
B.S. (Biology (with honors))
Stanford University, 1981.
M.S. (Biology)
Stanford University , 1982.
M.D.
Jefferson Medical College, 1988.
Post-Graduate Training
Transitional Internship , Valley Med Ctr; U of CA, SF Sch of Medicine; Fresno-Central San Joaquin Valley Med.Ed. Pro, 1988-1989.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , Valley Med Ctr; UofC, SF Med. Sch; Fresno-Central San Joaquin Val. Med.Ed Pgrm., Fresno, CA., 1989-1992.
Transitional Internship , Valley Med Ctr; U of CA, SF Sch of Medicine; Fresno-Central San Joaquin Valley Med.Ed. Pro, 1988-1989.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , Valley Med Ctr; UofC, SF Med. Sch; Fresno-Central San Joaquin Val. Med.Ed Pgrm., Fresno, CA., 1989-1992.
Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1994.
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians, 1996.
Permanent linkDiplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1994.
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians, 1996.
Selected Publications
Mechem CC : Seizure with Prehospital Refusal of Care In: Emergency Medicine Pearls (in press). Baren J, Alpern E (eds.). Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia PA 2003.Mechem CC : Environmental Emergencies In: Word on the Street (in press) Limmer D, O’Keefe MF, Dickinson ET (eds.). Brady-Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, 2003.
Mechem CC, Hill JD, Dickinson ET: The Utility of Tympanic Versus Oral Temperature Measurements of Firefighters in Emergency Incident Rehabilitation Operations Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, St. Louis, MO May 2002.
Dickinson ET, Schultz D, Mechem CC : Base station physician refusals of paramedic drug intervention requests Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of EMS Physicians, Tucson, AZ January 2002.
Mechem CC : A Patient Exposed to a Hazardous Material In: Paramedic Case Studies (in press). Dickinson ET, Stern A (eds.). Brady-Prentice Hall Health, 2002.
Mechem CC, Datner EM : Interpersonal Violence: Don’t Women Ever Assault Women? Editorial for: Emergency Medicine News Hoffman L (eds.). New York, NY: Lippincott-Raven, 19: 4, 40, January 2002.
Mechem CC, Hare S, Hvisdas R, Berg DM, Halper R, Cola LA: Emergency Medical Planning for the 2000 Republican National Convention Prehospital Emergency Care 5: 344-352, 2001.
Halpern SD, Mechem CC: Declining rate of substance abuse throughout the month The American Journal of Medicine 110: 347-351, 2001.
Mechem CC, Barger J, Shofer FS, Dickinson ET: Short-Term Outcome of Seizure Patients Who Refuse Transport after Prehospital Stabilization Academic Emergency Medicine 9: 231-236, 2001.
Mechem CC, Shofer FS, Reinhard S, Datner EM: Violence Between Women in an Urban Emergency Department Patient Population Academic Emergency Medicine 8: 30-35, 2001.
