Online · Core professional knowledge · Theory
Complications Awareness & Emergency Preparedness
Recognising the complications that matter, and having the plan, kit and referral routes in place before they happen.
About this course
Every practitioner should be able to recognise the complications that can follow aesthetic treatment, know which are emergencies, and have a written plan for each. This awareness-level course covers the common and the serious across injectables, skin and energy-based treatments, from bruising and infection to vascular occlusion, anaphylaxis and burns.
It sets out what an emergency kit and protocol should contain, how to escalate, and how to document and learn from an event. It is theory: managing a complication in practice requires practical training and, for prescription-only medicines, appropriate prescriber involvement.
Who it is for: All practitioners performing or assisting with aesthetic treatments.
What you will be able to do
- Recognise the presenting features of common and serious complications.
- Distinguish an emergency from an expected side effect.
- Describe the contents of an emergency kit and the protocol for its use.
- Escalate and refer appropriately, including to emergency services.
- Document, report and review an adverse event.
Course content
1.Recognition
- Expected effects versus adverse events
- Complications of injectable treatments
- Complications of skin and energy-based treatments · knowledge check
2.Preparedness
- The emergency kit and protocols
- Anaphylaxis, collapse and basic life support awareness · knowledge check
3.Response and review
- Escalation, referral and prescriber involvement
- Documenting, reporting and learning · knowledge check
4.Final assessment
Pass mark 80%. Academy certificate on passing with every lesson complete.
The Beauty Aesthetics Academy is an Approved Provider with The CPD Group (#779331). Provider status is separate from the accreditation of an individual course; this course: cpd accreditation planned.
Theory and professional development. This online course provides theory and professional development. It does not, by itself, confirm hands-on practical competency. Where practical competency is required, appropriate supervised practical training and assessment should also be completed. The Academy delivers that practical training in Chichester, Petersfield and Eastergate.
Ready to train practically?
Continue your training with the Academy in Chichester, Petersfield and Eastergate.
This online course is theory. The practical course below is where the treatment is taught, supervised, on live models.
