“The Paramedic Heretic” – a first-person account of San Diego’s PSA Flight #182 tragedy

Author K. Patrick McDonald knows of what he writes. He was appointed the first EMS supervisor for San Diego City and created one of the country’s first Special Trauma & Rescue teams. McDonald, a graduate of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine's original advanced field medicine program, co-authored the National Pool & Waterpark Lifeguard Training Manual. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Secret Service and Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix.