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Canyon College

David A. Dutcher, BS, RN, DC
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Biographical Information

Education:

MSN Education, Canyon College - Online, Present
Doctor of Chiropractic, Palmer College of Chiropractic - West, 1983
BSN, University of the State of New York, Albany, NY, 1991
BA, New Mexico State University, NM, Music Education, 1976
AS, El Paso Community College, Texas, Emergency Medical Technology – Paramedic, 1984

Experience:

1968 to 1972
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman
Attached to the Marines in 1968.
Independent Duty – Corpsman –Vietnam

1972-1976
HealthGarde, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)

Worked as a Respiratory Therapist in rural settings.
Went to rural hospitals, opened respiratory therapy departments, trained personnel for certification as respiratory therapists, and hired them to work in the departments.
After departments were well established, I was reassigned to another state to start over.
Worked with all ventilators, IPPB devices, nebulizers and ancillary respiratory therapy modalities.
Did pulmonary function studies, blood gas analysis, and etcetera.

1978 to 1981
El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas
EMT-Paramedic Program

Assisted in the development of, and was the primary instructor for, the first EMT-Paramedic program offered in El Paso.
Duties included development of all curricula as well as interviewing and accepting potential students to fill the first fifteen seats.

1983 to 1999
Dutcher Chiropractic, San Jose California/Lewistown, PA
Primary Health Care Provider.
Owned and operated full clinic facilities with x-ray, physiotherapy, etcetera.

1991 to 1994
Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA
Adult Critical Care Unit

Worked as one-on-one critical care nurse with surgical critically ill.

1995 to 1999
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
HIV/Aids Instructor/RNII

Worked a multidisciplinary position encompassing all aspects of nursing services from sick line, to the infirmary, to the pharmacy.

1999 to present
Community Health Home Nurse/Adult Family Home Business Owner

Provides education and instruction for the state of Washington to Caregivers working in the Adult Family Home setting.

1999 to Present
Pleasant Acres Adult Family Homes
Owner

Manage and operate adult family homes specializing in dementias.
Work in community health nursing environment.
Have staff of five.

2002 to Ongoing
Canyon College Online
Instructor

Offering Certificate course – Musculoskeletal Complaints – Rapid Assessment
Developed, wrote curriculum for, and developed exams for this course.

Accomplishments:

Publication:   Feebie Brainiac and the Lysis Virus, by David A. Dutcher, MSN, RN, DC; DNA Press, 2005, ISBN: 1933255145.   A children's book - In a geographically and culturally altered future Earth, issues, such as euthanasia, human cloning, and genetic manipulation, provoke thought in the readers while allowing them to focus on the hero. Children taking the responsibility of stopping evil and saving humankind from total annihilation creates suspense.

American Red Cross Instructor in CPR/FA, and HIV/Aids
Prior Emergency Medical Technician and EMT-Paramedic Instructor

Prior Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic -Ambulance certification
Prior Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification

Current Basic Life Support Certification
Current Washington RN Nursing License

Past Director – Board of Directors – ALS Neuromuscular Research
San Francisco, California
Forbes Norris, MD - Program Director

June 1998
Staff – Correctional Health Care Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada

Presented a condensed version of Musculoskeletal Complaints – Rapid Assessment over a two-day period to correctional medical personnel from fifty states including LPN’s, RN’s, PA’s, MD’s and others.

Administrative and Management experience:

Owned and operated a private practice in California and Pennsylvania. Worked as a primary health care provider.
Supervised a staff of eight employees in various capacities including physical therapy, physiotherapy, x-ray, massage and holistic medicine.

Contracted with the State of Washington as an instructor and assessor.
Assess DSHS clients with dementia, developmental disabilities, and mental health issues.