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LUU Wilderness Medicine is a fun and friendly society. WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?!

Whether you are thinking about a career in wilderness medicine or just love roaming the great outdoors and want to learn some new skills along the way, we hope you will come and join us! You’re hours away from hospital in unforgiving conditions on a misty mountain top, and a medical disaster strikes... What are you going to do?! Whether it’s a career in wilderness/expedition medicine you’re interested in, or you just enjoy roaming the great outdoors with a fab bunch of people, we’re the society for you. We run scenario weekend trips to the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland and many more, as well as lovely GIAG and day trips to local spots like Ilkley Moor or Settle. We are also very excited to work with the Holme Valley and Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Teams, who run great events with us. A friendly bunch, we love a nice scenic walk, a bit of excitement and of course, a good wilderness medicine scenario. JOIN US and find information about memberships and events at https://engage.luu.org.uk/groups/9DC/wilderness-medicine

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28/11/2025

As a society, we are super excited to be hosting Northern Wild Trials 2026 on 20nd - 22th February in Hebden Bridge! This is competition between other wilderness medicine societies and involves a circuit of high-fidelity pre-hospital sims. It’s always a super fun weekend and a great opportunity to practice your wilderness A-E and team working skills (swipe to see some photos from last year!)

As a university we will be taking two teams of four, each consisting of two clinical (Year 3 and above Medicine, Year 2 and above Paramedics) and two pre-clinical (non-medics and Year 1 and Year 2 Medicine).

Because there are so many keen members this year, we have decided that the fairest way to select teams is to run a sims evening for anyone interested in getting involved. This will be an opportunity for you to show off your A-E skills that you’ve learnt this term and hopefully bag a spot on a team! This sim evening will be run before the Christmas break.

Please note that being part of a Wild Trials team requires you to be available on 20-22 February 2026 as well as being willing to commit to at least once weekly training evenings in the weeks leading up to Wild Trials. More details and specifics to follow once teams are confirmed.

To register your interest please fill out the ‘Expression of Interest’ form linked in our bio and being circulated in the WhatsApp community. Please feel free to DM us or respond to the question section of the form if there’s anything you would like to ask us about Wild Trials 2026!

Please complete this form by midday on Wednesday 3rd December.

21/11/2025

As promised, the photos keep on coming! These pics are from our tropical illnesses and bandaging sessions. Dr Cam Mullin delivered a fascinating talk on all things tropical and infectious diseases, with a healthy dose of snake content 🐍! Sadly Dr Izzy Morgan was unable to attend on this occasion (she’ll be back… watch this space!)
We finished the evening off with lots of bandaging practice, even incorporating some splints and slings!

18/11/2025

Some photos from the fab teaching session run by Ruby and Trinity on A-Es. We then split up and ran through some scenarios and how to move, package and transport someone! We’ll be uploading pictures from the other sessions over the next few days and tickets for our last teaching session this term will go out next Monday!

11/11/2025

🌟🎄IMPORTANT CHRISTMAS DINNER INFO BELOW🎄🌟

Come and join us for a cosy Christmas Dinner at Original Oak on Tuesday 2nd December. Wear your favourite ugly Christmas jumper or any Christmassy outfit you have!!

Tickets will be out on Engage on Friday, 7pm. As soon as you have bought your ticket please fill in the pre-order form which will be linked on the event - THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BY SUNDAY NIGHT LATEST (otherwise your social sec will be ordering herself extra meals).

Link to the menu if you would like to have a sneak peek before getting your ticket:

https://www.theoriginaloakleeds.co.uk/christmas/festive-menu?allergens=&excludeAllergenDishes=false #/

07/11/2025

TEACHING NIGHT 3!!!

Join us next week for our Trauma night!! We will be back in Room 4 in LUU from 7pm - tickets out on Engage Monday night at 7pm!!

Our last teaching night before the weekend away, so we hope to see you all there!

28/10/2025

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - INFO BELOW‼️

Teaching nights will continue to run every other Thursday at 7pm in the Union (keep an eye on socials/Engage for Room changes). Tickets for each session will be released on Engage on Thursday 7pm the week before. Upcoming sessions include:

🌟 Tropical Medicine and Bandaging
🌟 Trauma
🌟 Extreme Environments

PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME ON THE WEEKEND AWAY - we would like you to have attended at least 1 or 2 teaching sessions. If you can't make them and are still really keen to come, drop us a message.

Weekend Away:

TICKETS - Will be available on Engage at 7pm on Monday 3rd November

DRIVERS - If you have a car and have had a driving licence for over a year (and want to come on the weekend away!) please message / email ahead of the ticket drop - we MAY be able to prioritise you a ticket.

WHEN - Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd November. More info about exact times / kit lists etc will follow in due course.

This weekend away will be led by Mountain Rescue, so it's a really exciting opportunity to put some skills you've learnt into practice!!

Keep an eye out for more information to come!

23/10/2025

Join us next Thursday for teaching night 2!!

In this tropical medicine themed session, two wonderful doctors (and returning wilderness members!) will be sharing all their wilderness knowledge and expedition medicine skills, so don't miss out!! You will also get to have some fun practising your own bandaging skills!

Tickets go live tonight at 7pm on Engage!

See you there!!

16/10/2025

It's also most time for our first social of the year - POTLUCK!!

Bring along your favourite dish - side, main or sweet treat, and spend a lovely night in enjoying some good grub!

Tickets will be available on Engage at 7pm Monday 20th October (don't forget you need to be a member to grab a ticket!) and the location will then be emailed to all ticket holders.

We can't wait to see you all and your wonderful cooking!!

13/10/2025

Thank you to all you lovely people for joining us on our 2 GIAGs!! We had a fantastic time, and we hope you did too!!

We hope to see you all at future events, so keep an eye on our Instagram for teaching nights, socials, and weekends away!

12/10/2025

Our first teaching night is fast approaching, so here is some info for you below!!

🌟 WHERE - LUU Room 4
🌟 WHEN - 7 to 9pm, Thursday 16th October
🌟 WHAT - A-E and kit practice, sims

More info will be on Engage shortly, so keep an eye out!! We look forward to seeing you all there!

18/09/2025

SAVE THE DATE - INFO BELOW!!

Welcome all new and returning members! Here are some important dates for your diary as we kick off with Fresher's next week!

🌟Fresher's Fairs🌟

LUU Fresher's Fair will be held on Tuesday 23rd September and you can find us at The Edge between 10am - 4pm!!

A separate Medics Fresher's Fair will be held on Wednesday 1st October in the LUU Pyramid Canteen!

🥾GIAGs🥾

We will be holding 2 GIAGs this year due to sheer numbers last year (which we love to see!!), on Sunday 5th & Sunday 12th October. Details on tickets will follow shortly, so stay tuned!

We are very excited to catch up with any returning members, but we do ask that you please leave the GIAG spaces to new members who want to try Wilderness out, and we will see you at other events such as our teaching nights (which will kick off on the 16th October)!!

There will be further information to follow on all events listed above, so keep an eye out! We look forward to seeing you all soon!!

17/09/2025

🌟MEET THE COMMITTEE!!🌟 - PART 3

Last, but by no means least, it's time to bring out the big guns and introduce you to our President, Vice President and Treasurer!

Captaining the Wilderness expedition this year is our wonderful President Ruby (4th Year Medicine)! Fresh off back-to-back Northern & Wild Trials wins, she's ready to take charge and make Wilderness the best it can be!

Teaming up with Ruby as her fantastic Vice President is Trinity (3rd Year Medicine) who will be helping organise all our exciting events for this year (and also provided us with some lovely committee shirts so you know who we all are)!

Our lovely Treasurer Benji (2nd Year Geophysics PhD) is in charge of applying for grants, approving expenses, and just generally making sure we don't spend all our money on spinal boards and laminators!

Keep an eye out for a Save the Date post and information regarding all our upcoming events this Fresher's week!!

Address

Leeds University Union, Lifton Place, Woodhouse
Leeds
LS29JZ

Website

https://engage.luu.org.uk/groups/9DC/wilderness-medicine

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