ACE Group World
Emergency Kit
An Emergency Kit is essential for anyone performing aesthetic treatments. In the event of a medical emergency, medication may be required immediately to prevent patient harm and poor outcomes.
Legal Framework
Emergency Medicines and Governance in Aesthetic Practice in the UK
In the UK, under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, the ability to legally hold emergency medicines as stock is limited to doctors and dentists. These prescribers may obtain and retain prescription-only medicines (POMs) for direct administration to patients without requiring a prescription at the point of care.
Other regulated healthcare professionals—such as nurse independent prescribers, pharmacists, and paramedics—must operate under a legally valid PGD or Patient Specific Direction (PSD) when administering POMs, including those used in emergency settings. These mechanisms do not permit stock-holding in the same way as medical and dental practitioners.
ACE Group World Recommendations for an Emergency Kit
Many complications that occur in aesthetic practice require Prescription Only Medicines (POMs) to successfully manage them. Some of these should be immediately available to the practitioner in the event of a complication, as it could be detrimental to the health of the patient if the problem is not dealt with immediately. Aesthetic Complications Expert Group World have produced guidelines to manage the most serious and common complications that can occur in non-surgical aesthetic practice and a recommended Emergency Kit for aesthetic practitioners.