Manchester Wilderness Medicine Society

• The overall aim for MWM is to provide members with the knowledge, skills and training to ensure their own and others’ survival in a wilderness medicine environment

• To organise lectures from experts in a range of wilderness medicine based specialities and with experience practising wilderness medicine

• To organise and run practical skills training and specific first aid courses so members can gain the knowledge, skills and qualifications required to practice Wilderness Medicine

• To increase the awareness of Rescue and Wilderness Medicine based SSCs, electives and careers

• To initiate an interaction with rescue services to learn about their roles

• To fundraise for the rescue services

• Environments we aim to provide training for include:

• extreme conditions

• tropical conditions

• urban conditions

• at sea/ underwater conditions

• isolated conditions, far away from help