Single mission workload and influencing factors in German prehospital emergency medicine - a nationwide prospective survey of 1361emergency missions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workload is a major determinant of system performance and human well-being. This study aims to evaluate workload in prehospital emergency medicine on a single mission level and investigates influencing factors originating from medical scenarios, patient-provider interaction, EMS logistics and teamwork.

Methods

In a nationwide study, German paramedics were asked to evaluate single missions for perceived workload by completing the NASA Task-Load-Index (TLX). A variety of candidate variables were documented and tested for influence on the TLX through multivariate regression analysis.

Results

One thousand three hundred sixty-one emergency missions were analysed. Global workload scored in medium ranges (Median TLX 41.00/100; IQR 24.25-57.50). 263 missions achiev

SUBMITTER: Prottengeier J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6698029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature