McDonald’s Legacy
If you’re a pilot or medical crew member you need to know about Dr. John L. McDonald. As a pioneer in the California HAA community, he built a legacy of culture.
After completing medical school and his residency, McDonald joined the U.S. Navy. There he was commissioned as
to serve the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon leaving the service in 1966, he set up a family medical practice across from Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Not only did the hospital not have an emergency department at that time, but the entire city of Santa Rosa was without one. McDonald had changed that by 1971, paramedic program.
With an emergency medical system in place, another crowning achievement
for McDonald occurred in 1987 when he introduced air ambulance operations to the community by founding REACH Air Medical Services. From then until his death in 2000, McDonald was the operator’s medical director.
Today, even the most populated state in the nation cannot contain REACH. The HAA has grown over the last 29 years until it now has over 600 employees operating 33 bases spread over California, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Texas.
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