Table 1 National committee on Aeronautics (NACA) score, used to decide severity of illness
From: Management of chest pain: a prospective study from Norwegian out-of-hours primary care
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 |