Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Perceived cognitive load among emergency department code blue teams: distribution, correlates and relationship with team performance
Authors' conclusion
Perceived cognitive load was unevenly distributed within resuscitation teams, with highest levels among team leaders. Higher team leader cognitive load was associated with higher load among other team members and lower TEAM-assessed performance
Study context
- Population
- ED code blue (resuscitation) teams in authentic clinical cardiac arrest resuscitations58 resuscitations
- Participants
- 228 participants
- Outcome
- Perceived cognitive load across team roles (Paas 9-point mental effort scale) and its association with team performance (TEAM)
Methodological detailsmulticentre, prospective data collection
- Multicentre
- Prospective data collection
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
β
1.12
95% CI 0.27–1.98P = 0.025
Team leader role · higher perceived cognitive load; multilevel analysis
β
0.53
95% CI 0.38–0.67P < 0.001
Team leaders' perceived cognitive load · association with team members' cognitive load
β
−0.80
95% CI −1.38 to −0.23P = 0.007
Team leaders' perceived cognitive load · association with Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM)-assessed team performance
Team leaders
5.5
mean · SD 1.7
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
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