Cognitive Load Analysis
For this week’s assignment I have chosen to critique an instruction aid pertaining to burn victims. This instruction is a PowerPoint presentation I found off of the internet and is uploaded along side this paper. While the PowerPoint presentation was created back in 2012 the information is still relevant and used today. When a patient arrives in the hospital emergency room with burns the main priority for staff is to remove all clothing and jewelry from the patient while also assessing their airway or ability to breath and maintain oxygenation. During this initial assessment the providers (nurses and doctors) are also applying the rule of 9. The rule of 9 basically divides the body into sections with each divided …show more content…
Within this slide the ability to calculate the Parkland formula could be considered high because it requires the learner to take multiple steps. First, the learner must figure out the TBSA percentage of burns to the patient. Second, they must figure out the patient’s weight in kilograms, not pounds. Then, they must plug the numbers into the given formula and find the answer, hopefully using a calculator to decrease risk of error. Once they know the total amount of fluid to be given the learner then must further divide that number several more times. First the learner must divide the total number in half and give that amount over the remaining eight hours since the patient was burned. Finally, with the remaining amount of fluid the learner must divide that number by 16 to figure out how much fluid the patient will get every hour over the remaining 24 hours since they were burned. As you can see, it could be a rather challenging process for a novice or someone who is not great with math and time concepts. One suggestion I would have for Cottrell, to aid the learning process for those who are not great with math and time concepts is to add another slide after slide 8 that shows a visual example of how this formula is computed. This could assist with decreasing the cognitive load for those learners who are having difficulty following along with the audio and text portion of his
For this week’s assignment I have chosen to critique an instruction aid pertaining to burn victims. This instruction is a PowerPoint presentation I found off of the internet and is uploaded along side this paper. While the PowerPoint presentation was created back in 2012 the information is still relevant and used today. When a patient arrives in the hospital emergency room with burns the main priority for staff is to remove all clothing and jewelry from the patient while also assessing their airway or ability to breath and maintain oxygenation. During this initial assessment the providers (nurses and doctors) are also applying the rule of 9. The rule of 9 basically divides the body into sections with each divided …show more content…
Within this slide the ability to calculate the Parkland formula could be considered high because it requires the learner to take multiple steps. First, the learner must figure out the TBSA percentage of burns to the patient. Second, they must figure out the patient’s weight in kilograms, not pounds. Then, they must plug the numbers into the given formula and find the answer, hopefully using a calculator to decrease risk of error. Once they know the total amount of fluid to be given the learner then must further divide that number several more times. First the learner must divide the total number in half and give that amount over the remaining eight hours since the patient was burned. Finally, with the remaining amount of fluid the learner must divide that number by 16 to figure out how much fluid the patient will get every hour over the remaining 24 hours since they were burned. As you can see, it could be a rather challenging process for a novice or someone who is not great with math and time concepts. One suggestion I would have for Cottrell, to aid the learning process for those who are not great with math and time concepts is to add another slide after slide 8 that shows a visual example of how this formula is computed. This could assist with decreasing the cognitive load for those learners who are having difficulty following along with the audio and text portion of his