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Table 1 National Committee on Aeronautics severity of injury or illness index (NACA) [16]

From: Pre-hospital intubation by anaesthesiologists in patients with severe trauma: an audit of a Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service

Score

Definition

0

No injury or disease

1

Injuries/diseases without any need for acute physician care

2

Injuries/diseases requiring examination and therapy by a physician but hospital admission is not indicated

3

Injuries/diseases without acute threat to life, but requiring hospital admission

4

Injuries/diseases which can possibly lead to deterioration of vital signs

5

Injuries/diseases with acute threat to life

6

Injuries/diseases transported after successful resuscitation of vital signs

7

Lethal injuries or diseases (with or without resuscitation attempts)