Park River Ambulance (ND) President Keeps Pushing Boundaries for Good

Ann Bailey Grand Forks Herald (MCT) PARK RIVER, N.D. — Park River Ambulance President Daniel Young pushes boundaries to ensure emergency health services are available not only in his hometown, but across Walsh County. Besides supervising the day-to-day operations of the city’s volunteer ambulance service and overseeing training of its members, Young, a 30-year veteran of the Park River squad, schedules classes and trains first-responders in neighboring Walsh County towns Edinburg, Lankin, Adams, Hoople and Fordville. Young’s outreach also includes teaching CPR to Park River Area Schools students. In late 2020, the North Dakota Emergency Medical Services Association recognized Young for his service, awarding him the NDEMS Provider of the Year award during a Park River Ambulance Service squad meeting. The award is given each year to a member of the North Dakota EMS Association who has devoted a tremendous amount of personal time to the local and state provision, developed and improved prehospital care and educated his or her community. “There have been so many things that Dan has been willing to do that have gone unrecognized,” said Greg Martinson, a northeast North Dakota NDEMSA director. Young goes above and beyond what is required as a volunteer to ensure Walsh County residents receive emergency medical services, Martinson said. “Dan should have had th...
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