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Decision-making deficits in airway emergencies have led to adverse patient outcomes. A cognitive aid would assist clinicians through critical decision-making steps, preventing key action omission.

We aimed to investigate the effects of a visual airway cognitive aid on decision-making in a simulated airway emergency scenario.

Randomised controlled study.

Single-institution, tertiary-level hospital in Toronto, Canada from September 2017 to March 2019.

Teams consisting of a participant anaesthesia resident, nurse and respiratory therapist were randomised to intervention (N = 20 teams) and control groups (N = 20 teams).

Participants in both groups received a 15-min didactic session on crisis resource management which included teamwork communication and the concepts of cognitive aids for the management of nonairway and airway critical events.

Only participants in the intervention group were familiarised, oriented and instructed on a visual airway cognitive aid that was developed for this study.

Within 1 to 4 weeks after the teaching session, teams were video-recorded managing a simulated ‘cannot intubate-cannot oxygenate’ scenario with the aid displayed in the simulation centre.