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.[1][2]
| NACA score | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score |
| Purpose | scored severity of medical emergency |
The NACA score is divided into the following, specified with Roman numerals or the Arabic zero.[2]
Categories:
| Category | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| NACA 0 | No injury or disease. This category is often deleted or replaced by NACA I. |
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| 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 | --- |
References
edit- ^ Darioli, Vincent; Taffé, Patrick; Carron, Pierre-Nicolas; Dami, Fabrice; Vallotton, Laurent; Yersin, Bertrand; Schoettker, Patrick; Pasquier, Mathieu (October 2019). "Evaluation of the discriminative performance of the prehospital National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics score regarding 48-h mortality". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 26 (5): 366–372. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000578. ISSN 0969-9546. PMID 30308574. S2CID 52963434.
- ^ a b Gerritse, Bastiaan M.; Schalkwijk, Annelies; Pelzer, Ben J.; Scheffer, Gert J.; Draaisma, Jos M. (2010-03-08). "Advanced medical life support procedures in vitally compromised children by a helicopter emergency medical service". BMC Emergency Medicine. 10 (1): 6. doi:10.1186/1471-227X-10-6. ISSN 1471-227X. PMC 2843599. PMID 20211021.
External links
edit- ÖGAN / Scoring systems in emergency medicine (in German)