NACA score

A NACA 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.

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

Categories:

Category	Description	Example
NACA 0	No injury or disease. This category is often deleted 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	---

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Principles

Assessment

Clinical prediction rules	Revised Trauma Score Injury Severity Score Abbreviated Injury Scale NACA score

Investigations	Diagnostic peritoneal lavage Focused assessment with sonography for trauma

Management

Principles	Advanced trauma life support Trauma surgery Trauma center Trauma team Damage control surgery Early appropriate care

Procedures	Resuscitative thoracotomy

Pathophysiology

Injury	MSK Bone fracture Joint dislocation Degloving Soft tissue injury Resp Flail chest Pneumothorax Hemothorax Diaphragmatic rupture Pulmonary contusion Cardio Internal bleeding Thoracic aorta injury Cardiac tamponade GI Blunt kidney trauma Ruptured spleen Neuro Penetrating head injury Traumatic brain injury Intracranial hemorrhage

Mechanism	Blast injury Blunt trauma Burn Penetrating trauma Crush injury Stab wound Ballistic trauma Electrocution

Region	Abdominal trauma Chest trauma Facial trauma Head injury Spinal cord injury

Demographic	Geriatric trauma Pediatric trauma

Complications

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