Cognitive Load in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Tsunamis and a Thousand Cuts
Cognitive load in PCCM varies significantly by role and task type. Nurses experience high raw cognitive load from critical events and net cognitive load from bedside patient assessment, suggesting opportunities for role-specific workflow redesign and cognitive load reduction strategies to benefit staff and patients.
Authors
- Daniel Ehrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-2865)
- Azadeh Assadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8156-6396)
- Sunkyung Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3995-1765)
- Sara N. Gallant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-9535)
- Seth Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-3731)
- Danny Eytan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-1429)
- Elaine Gilfoyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-8716)
- Oshri Zaulan
- Mjaye Mazwi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1345-5429)
Institutions
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Explorations
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/cce.0000000000001329
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00