🥾⛰️Welcome to the Plymouth University Wilderness and Expedition Medicine Society. Also known as PUWEMS. 🥾⛰️

Join us this year for exciting and unique opportunities to explore remote locations around the UK and abroad, learn basic first aid and wilderness medicine!

More about us:
PUWEMS is a friendly and inclusive community, welcoming students from all courses who enjoy the outdoors. We offer members the opportunity to learn basic first aid and how to manage a diverse range of more complicated medical scenarios in remote environments. Throughout the year, we provide popular trips to destinations across the UK and further afield. Additionally, we host regular workshops, socials, lectures, and walks, providing an ideal space to make lasting connections with like-minded individuals.

Some of our planned trips for 2024/2025 include destinations such as:

• Dartmoor
• Cornwall
• Snowdonia
• Forest of Dean

Our trips:
Our regular trips encompass iconic locations such as those on our doorstep like Dartmoor and Cornwall, and further afield including the Brecon Beacons, Snowdonia, and international destinations! Whether you're new to university, or a PUWEMS veteran, everyone is welcome and included on our trips. A typical weekend trip involves a day of hiking in small groups, often in stunningly scenic locations. First aid and medicine teaches are included along the route. This is then followed by a communal meal cooked by the committee with drinks and games to follow. 

Socials and events:
We additionally provide regular workships and lectures covering a range of intruiging topics such as dive medicine or climbing injuries, all taught by later-year medical students or external speakers from the world of expedition medicine. We participate in national wilderness medicine events like SWMUK and Wild Trials, equipping our members with essential wilderness skills and providing invaluable networking opportunities within the field of wilderness and expedition medicine. 

Fundraising:
Fundraising is at the heart of PUWEMS, and we take pride in our annual charity challenge which not only tests our physical limits, but also contributes to charitable causes. Past challenges have included hiking the 108-mile Dartmoor Way in 48 hours, which raised £3,200 for organisations like Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team and The Trevi Foundation.

Moreover, our annual christmas lecture evening is a highlight of our calendar, featuring inspirational speakers from the world of adventure, accompanied by festive treats like mince pies and mulled wine. This event serves as an opportunity to raise funds for vital services such as the Devon Air Ambulance and Dartmoor Search and Rescue teams.

We look forward to welcoming you to our community!

Check out our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115576422473726/
Instagram: @puwems
Email: plymouthuniversitywems@gmail.com