Development of an Algorithm to Screen for Frailty Using the Clinical Frailty Scale with Postoperative Patients Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Purpose: Frailty is not commonly assessed on intake to cardiac rehabilitation (CR), but screening could enable targeted interventions and potentially reduce secondary complications. This study aimed to develop and retrospectively examine the feasibility of utilizing a CR-specific algorithm based on the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). Our CFS-CR algorithm endeavoured to screen for frailty in older adults (> 65 y) entering CR following cardiac surgery/procedure.

Two-month point prevalence of exposure to critical incidents in firefighters in a single fire service.

Background: Firefighters have high rates of exposures to critical events that contribute to physical and mental stress, resulting in high rates of injury and work-injury compensation claims.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of critical incidents in firefighters from a single fire service, and whether the number of critical events varied based on age, gender, years of service and/or rank.

Methods: We recruited 300 full-time firefighters.