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Area of Science:

  • Emergency management
  • Human factors engineering
  • Occupational health

Background:

  • Effective emergency exercises require challenging conditions, often leading to varied participant workloads.
  • Assessing workload is crucial for understanding exercise effectiveness and identifying areas for improvement.
  • The NASA Task Load Index (TLX) is a validated method for measuring perceived workload.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the NASA Task Load Index (TLX) as an indicator of joint emergency exercise effectiveness.
  • To investigate workload differences between commanders and subordinates during an emergency exercise.
  • To compare workload levels across different emergency response organizations.

Main Methods:

  • A questionnaire-based evaluation using the NASA Task Load Index (TLX) was administered to professional emergency responders.
  • The study involved 44 participants from rescue services, emergency medical services, and police during a large-scale joint emergency exercise in Sweden.
  • Workload was assessed using the NASA TLX subscales: mental demands, physical demands, temporal demands, performance, effort, and frustration.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences in workload were observed among the participating emergency response organizations.
  • Commanders reported higher workload levels compared to subordinates.
  • Two of the three organizations scored below the 25th percentile of average workload from 237 previous studies, indicating potential under-challenge.

Conclusions:

  • The NASA Task Load Index (TLX) shows promise as a complementary tool for evaluating the design and outcomes of emergency exercises.
  • Further research is recommended to validate the utility of the NASA TLX in diverse emergency exercise scenarios.
  • Workload assessment can provide valuable insights into the effectiveness and participant experience of emergency preparedness training.