Table 1 The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) scale.
From: Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009: a Norwegian study
Score level | Patient status |
|---|---|
NACA 0 | No injury or illness |
NACA 1 | Not acute life-threatening disease or injury |
NACA 2 | Acute intervention not necessary, further diagnostic studies needed |
NACA 3 | Severe, but not life-threatening disease or injury; acute intervention necessary |
NACA 4 | Development of vital (life-threatening) danger possible |
NACA 5 | Acute vital (life-threatening) danger |
NACA 6 | Acute cardiac or respiratory arrest |
NACA 7 | Death |