Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Memberships Committees
Presentations
References
Community Service
Timeline
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Thomas Rothrock

BATH,Pennsylvania

Summary

Experienced Registered Nurse with advanced formal training in nurse education. Well versed in education program, curricula and lesson plan development. Focused on producing positive student outcome results when simultaneously providing high-quality care to patients.

Overview

44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ALS Manager/ Program Director

Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1990 - Current

Organize, educate and evaluate the paramedic and Prehospital RN programs. Manage approximately 35-60 students each year.

Adjunct Faculty

DeSales University
01.2009 - Current
  • Nursing 454: Independent Practicum NU430

Instructor of Nursing

DeSales University
08.2020 - 08.2023
  • Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning. I taught NU335- Chronic Illness; NU 370- Gerontology and NU 454- Independent Practicum.

Paramedic Program Accreditation Site Surveyor

COAEMSP- (Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions)
01.2017 - Current

I conduct site survey visits for paramedic accreditation.

Per Diem- Emergency Dept RN

LVHN Hecktown Oaks
12.2020 - 03.2022

Flight Nurse

Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac
01.1985 - 01.2022
  • Served as Patient Care Specialist (Educator) – 2019-2020

Adjunct Faculty

DeSales University
08.2018 - 08.2020
  • Teaching NU 335:The Chronically Ill Adult

Clinical Instructor

Lehigh Carbon Community College
01.2000 - 05.2020
  • ADN 235 Meeting Adult Complex Health Needs- ICU

Clinical Instructor

Northampton Community College
01.2006 - 01.2018
  • Nursing 257: Acute Care; 258: Geriatrics and Leadership

State Coordinator (Pennsylvania)

Prehospital Trauma Life Support
01.1996 - 01.2016

Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Northampton Regional Emergency Medical Services
01.1996 - 01.2008

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Cetronia Ambulance Corps
01.1987 - 01.2000

Registered Nurse- Emergency Department- FT

01.1991 - 01.1996
  • Member of Education and Schedule Committees Served as Patient Care Coordinator for Night Shift

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse

Advanced Life Support Services
01.1990 - 01.1996

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Mutual Advanced Life Support Paramedic Unit
01.1981 - 01.1996

Flight Paramedic

University Medevac Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1985 - 01.1991

Police Officer

Northampton Borough Police Department
01.1980 - 01.1986

Education

PreVeterinary

MUHLENBERG COLLEGE
Allentown, PA

Masters of Science Degree- Nurse Educator Tract (MSN) -

DESALES UNIVERSITY
Center Valley, PA
07.2008

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA- HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, PA
05.1996

Associate in Applied Science- Nursing -

NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Bethlehem, PA
05.1991

SACRED HEART HOSPITAL
Allentown, PA
06.1981

ALLENTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMY
Allentown, PA
05.1980

Skills

  • Education Skills- taught at DeSales for 3 years
  • Advanced Life Support
  • Critical decision-making skills
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Nursing Ethics
  • Completing physical assessments
  • Multicultural Sensitivity
  • Clinical expertise

Certification

  • Registered Nurse- State of Pennsylvania
  • Registered Nurse- State of New Jersey
  • Clinical Nursing Instructor Course- IUP 2008
  • Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) Instructor
  • American Heart Association BLS Instructor and Provider
  • American Heart Association ACLS Instructor and Provider
  • American Heart Association PALS Instructor and Provider
  • Advanced Medical Life Support Instructor
  • Advanced Stroke Life Support Instructor
  • Certified Emergency Nurse
  • Certified Flight Registered Nurse
  • Emergency Medical Technician Instructor
  • Emergency Nurse Provider Course Instructor
  • National Assoc. of EMS Educators: Educator Certification (NCEE)
  • Paramedic Instructor
  • Prehospital Registered Nurse- State of Pennsylvania
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support Instructor and Provider
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support Affiliate Faculty
  • Trauma Nurse Core Course Provider and Instructor

Memberships Committees

  • ASTNA (Air & Surface Transport Nurse Association)
  • Eastern PA EMS Council Education Council Member
  • Emergency Nurses Association
  • National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
  • PA State Medical Advisory Committee
  • Trauma Nurse Continuum Committee - Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing
  • Society of Trauma Nursing

Presentations

  • 5/16/2024 Flight Nursing Presentation- Lehigh Carbon Technical Institute Emerging Health Professionals
  • 12/15/2021, DeSales Virtual Scholar Series, Aeromedical Transportation: A Historical Perspective
  • 03/24/2021, DeSales Faculty, Critical Care Transport: Changes and Care Due to Covid- presentation
  • March 2016, Lehigh Valley Health Network Trauma Nurse Cont. 30th Anniversary Conference, MedEvac Transportation: A Revolving History
  • March 2010, DeSales Nursing Student Organization, Flight Nursing Presentation
  • Poster Presentation- Health Science Day - Hahnemann University
  • 1994, Overcoming the Odds- Regional Educational Conference- Lehigh Valley Hospital
  • 1997, 12 Lead Prehospital EKG Course-Pennsylvania State EMS Conference-Hershey,PA
  • Operation Arrive Alive- trauma program for high schools

References

Available Upon Request

Community Service

  • Sacred Heart Church, Bath, PA- Former Lector, Extraordinary Minister, Communion to Homebound
  • Sacred Heart Church, Bath, PA- Former member Pastoral Church Council
  • Sacred Heart Church, Bath, PA- former member of School Advisory Board (Term ended in April 2018
  • CPR Training- numerous organizations
  • Lehigh Carbon Technical Institute (Emerging Health Professionals)- Board Member

Timeline

Per Diem- Emergency Dept RN

LVHN Hecktown Oaks
12.2020 - 03.2022

Instructor of Nursing

DeSales University
08.2020 - 08.2023

Adjunct Faculty

DeSales University
08.2018 - 08.2020

Paramedic Program Accreditation Site Surveyor

COAEMSP- (Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions)
01.2017 - Current

Adjunct Faculty

DeSales University
01.2009 - Current

Clinical Instructor

Northampton Community College
01.2006 - 01.2018

Clinical Instructor

Lehigh Carbon Community College
01.2000 - 05.2020

State Coordinator (Pennsylvania)

Prehospital Trauma Life Support
01.1996 - 01.2016

Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Northampton Regional Emergency Medical Services
01.1996 - 01.2008

Registered Nurse- Emergency Department- FT

01.1991 - 01.1996

ALS Manager/ Program Director

Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1990 - Current

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse

Advanced Life Support Services
01.1990 - 01.1996

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Cetronia Ambulance Corps
01.1987 - 01.2000

Flight Nurse

Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac
01.1985 - 01.2022

Flight Paramedic

University Medevac Lehigh Valley Health Network
01.1985 - 01.1991

Paramedic and Prehospital Registered Nurse (Part Time)

Mutual Advanced Life Support Paramedic Unit
01.1981 - 01.1996

Police Officer

Northampton Borough Police Department
01.1980 - 01.1986

PreVeterinary

MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

Masters of Science Degree- Nurse Educator Tract (MSN) -

DESALES UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA- HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY

Associate in Applied Science- Nursing -

NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

ALLENTOWN MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMY
  • Registered Nurse- State of Pennsylvania
  • Registered Nurse- State of New Jersey
  • Clinical Nursing Instructor Course- IUP 2008
  • Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) Instructor
  • American Heart Association BLS Instructor and Provider
  • American Heart Association ACLS Instructor and Provider
  • American Heart Association PALS Instructor and Provider
  • Advanced Medical Life Support Instructor
  • Advanced Stroke Life Support Instructor
  • Certified Emergency Nurse
  • Certified Flight Registered Nurse
  • Emergency Medical Technician Instructor
  • Emergency Nurse Provider Course Instructor
  • National Assoc. of EMS Educators: Educator Certification (NCEE)
  • Paramedic Instructor
  • Prehospital Registered Nurse- State of Pennsylvania
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support Instructor and Provider
  • Prehospital Trauma Life Support Affiliate Faculty
  • Trauma Nurse Core Course Provider and Instructor
Thomas Rothrock