/r/IntensiveCare/

r/IntensiveCare

48k members
r/IntensiveCare is a subreddit with 48k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses icu, nurse, rn, new grad, and nursing, and they frequently recommend/review stethoscope.
r/IntensiveCare is a sub for medical professionals to discuss and improve their knowledge of critical care medicine. ICU, MICU, SICU, TICU, CVICU, Neuro-ICU, ED, CCU, CCT.

Popular Themes in r/IntensiveCare

#1
Advice Requests
: "How to cope with trauma and death in the ICU?"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I built a free ICU reference + learning app — looking for honest feedback from anyone working critical care"
2 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Has anyone else developed health anxiety after years of working in healthcare?"
2 posts
#4
News
: "'No on-site doctor': Dental student died in ICU overseen by remote 'tele-health' physician who pronounced him dead on a video screen, lawsuit says"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/IntensiveCare

#1

Icu

: "Altitude physiology in critical transport — what changes when your Icu patient leaves the ground"
30 posts
#2

Nurse

: "A struggling OR Nurse transitioning into ICU"
7 posts
#3

Rn

: "What do you do as Rapid Rn?"
7 posts
#4

New Grad

5 posts
#5

Nursing

3 posts
#6

Doctor

3 posts
#7

Respiratory

: "Swan Numbers with ECMO"
3 posts
#8

Line

: "Where is this central Line going?"
2 posts
#9

Training

2 posts
#10

Cardiac

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/IntensiveCare

Stethoscope

17 reviews
#1
3M Littmann
4.3 from 6 reviews
#2
Eko
5.0 from 3 reviews
#3
MDF
4.3 from 3 reviews

Member Growth in r/IntensiveCare

Yearly
+12k members(32.2%)

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Last updated: July 21, 2026