I was just talking about cognitive overload to a colleague. In our normal day-to-day ED docs are juggling multiple sick patients and prioritizing competing tasks. The cognitive load is very high and the more and sicker patients we have, the more risk of error https://twitter.com/chowkydar/status/1249430340969660417

It's multiplied in COVID times, not just in NYC. When you add on multiple, changing protocols, new processes such as donning, doffing, etc. the cognitive overload is much more. The risk of error is much greater because of the juggling mental tasks