Truro Pre-Hospital & Emergency Medicine Society (PHEMSoc)

Truro Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Society is a society based around the specialty of PHEM. We run talks and teaches on specialist subjects, and this year hope to run some exciting in person events

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Truro Pre-Hospital & Emergency Medicine Society (PHEMsoc) is ideal for students with an interest in pre-hospital medical care and patient presentations to the emergency department.

We aim to:

Educate students on careers in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care
Provide simulation and scenario-based training to widen clinical skills & knowledge
Host regular academic teaching relevant to AMK and OSCE examinations
Give students opportunities to volunteer to teach lifesaving skills and engage with our local community through initiatives such as 'Restart a Heart' and 'Little Lifesavers'
Continue our links with the South-Western Ambulance Service, West Cornwall Search and Rescue, and Resuscitation Council UK
Raise money for charities with a role in providing pre-hospital and emergency care
Liaise with other societies, both at the University of Exeter and further afield to organise training, events, and conferences

We welcome anybody with an interest in the practicing of medicine in the great outdoors and into the realm of A&E, so medical students, paramedics, nurses and everyone else please do join or get in touch with our committee members via any of the social media links below:

trurophemsoc@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/trurophemsoc https://www.facebook.com/groups/trurophemsoc

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Clinical lead

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Sophie Snow

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Upcoming events

PHEMSoc PHEM Day: 28th February; Penryn Campus; Join us for a fantastic day full of presentations, demonstrations and workshops. We will be joined by speakers from: Cornwall Air Ambulance Underground medicine British Antarctic Survey Cornwall Search and Rescue Coast Guard + more

Cornwall Wild Trials 2026: 21st March; Woodland Valley Farm Ladock Truro TR2 4PT; Welcome to Cornwall Trials 2026; the first instalment in Cornwall's prehospital medicine competition. Teams from Truro, Plymouth and Exeter will compete to treat patient's, building teamwork, communication and practical skills in the process.

National Wild Trials 2025: 1st-3rd May; Dartmoor Activity Centre, Broadleas, Haytor Road, Newton Abbot TQ13 9XS

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