NACA score

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| synonyms = National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score

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A NACA score (or National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score) is a scoring system of the severity in cases of medical emergencies such as injuries, diseases or poisonings. It was developed from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for accidents in aviation.{{Cite journal |last1=Darioli |first1=Vincent |last2=Taffé |first2=Patrick |last3=Carron |first3=Pierre-Nicolas |last4=Dami |first4=Fabrice |last5=Vallotton |first5=Laurent |last6=Yersin |first6=Bertrand |last7=Schoettker |first7=Patrick |last8=Pasquier |first8=Mathieu |date=October 2019 |title=Evaluation of the discriminative performance of the prehospital National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score regarding 48-h mortality |url=https://journals.lww.com/euro-emergencymed/abstract/2019/10000/evaluation_of_the_discriminative_performance_of.12.aspx |journal=European Journal of Emergency Medicine |language=en-US |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=366–372 |doi=10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000578 |pmid=30308574 |s2cid=52963434 |issn=0969-9546|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Gerritse |first1=Bastiaan M. |last2=Schalkwijk |first2=Annelies |last3=Pelzer |first3=Ben J. |last4=Scheffer |first4=Gert J. |last5=Draaisma |first5=Jos M. |date=2010-03-08 |title=Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service |journal=BMC Emergency Medicine |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=6 |doi=10.1186/1471-227X-10-6 |doi-access=free |issn=1471-227X |pmc=2843599 |pmid=20211021}}

The NACA score is divided into the following, specified with Roman numerals or the Arabic zero.

Categories:

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Category ! Description ! Example
NACA 0 | No injury or disease. This category is often deleted or replaced by NACA I. ||
NACA I | Minor disturbance. No medical intervention is required. || E.g. slight abrasion.
NACA II | Slight to moderate disturbance. Outpatient medical investigation, but usually no emergency medical measures necessary. || for example, fracture of a finger bone, moderate cuts, dehydration.
NACA III | Moderate to severe but not life-threatening disorder. Stationary treatment required, often emergency medical measures on the site || e.g. femur fracture, milder stroke, smoke inhalation.
NACA IV | Serious incident where rapid development into a life-threatening condition can not be excluded. In the majority of cases, emergency medical care is required || for example. vertebral injury with neurological deficit, severe asthma attack; drug poisoning.
NACA V | Acute danger || for example, third grade skull or brain trauma, severe heart attack, significant opioid poisoning.
NACA VI | respiratory and/or cardiac arrest || ---
NACA VII | death|| ---