• Nancy M Tofil, Yiqun Lin, John Zhong, Dawn Taylor Peterson, Marjorie Lee White, Vincent Grant, David J Grant, Ronald Gottesman, Stephanie N Sudikoff, Mark Adler, Kimberly Marohn, Jennifer Davidson, Adam Cheng, and International Network for Simulation-Based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (INSPRIRE CPR) Investigators.
• 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 2KidSIM-ASPIRE Simulation Research Program, Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX. 4Department of Pediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. 5Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 6Department of Pediatrics, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT. 7Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 8Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
• Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2017 Sep 1; 18 (9): e423-e427.

ObjectivesCrisis resource management principles dictate appropriate distribution of mental and/or physical workload so as not to overwhelm any one team member. Workload during pediatric emergencies is not well studied. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index is a multidimensional tool designed to assess workload validated in multiple settings. Low workload is defined as less than 40, moderate 40-60, and greater than 60 signify high workloads. Our hypothesis is that workload among both team leaders and team members is moderate to high during a simulated pediatric sepsis scenario and that team leaders would have a higher workload than team members.DesignMulticenter observational study.SettingNine pediatric simulation centers (five United States, three Canada, and one United Kingdom).PatientsTeam leaders and team members during a 12-minute pediatric sepsis scenario.InterventionsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index.Measurements And Main ResultsOne hundred twenty-seven teams were recruited from nine sites. One hundred twenty-seven team leaders and 253 team members completed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index. Team leader had significantly higher overall workload than team member (51 ± 11 vs 44 ± 13; p < 0.01). Team leader had higher workloads in all subcategories except in performance where the values were equal and in physical demand where team members were higher than team leaders (29 ± 22 vs 18 ± 16; p < 0.01). The highest category for each group was mental 73 ± 13 for team leader and 60 ± 20 for team member. For team leader, two categories, mental (73 ± 17) and effort (66 ± 16), were high workload, most domains for team member were moderate workload levels.ConclusionsTeam leader and team member are under moderate workloads during a pediatric sepsis scenario with team leader under high workloads (> 60) in the mental demand and effort subscales. Team leader average significantly higher workloads. Consideration of decreasing team leader responsibilities may improve team workload distribution.

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