r/emergencymedicine is a subreddit with 139k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses emergency, em, patients, medical, and medicine, and they frequently recommend/review ai scribe, work pants, and shears.
/r/emergencymedicine is a subreddit for healthcare providers in the emergency setting to discuss their encounters and find ways to improve their knowledge of various parts of EM.
Popular Themes in r/emergencymedicine
#1
Pain & Anger
: "“Service” Dog Mishap"
10 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Advice for dating an ER doc please!"
3 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Went to the ER for shoulder & jaw pain (thought it was a heart attack), but I'm completely okay! Here's my fully out-of-pocket bill at a private hospital in India: ₹3,978 (around $42 USD)."
2 posts
#4
News
: "This is a WILD read re: Eugene emergency physicians vs Peacehealth"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/emergencymedicine
#1
Emergency
: "Is there a more important medicine than a 1L bag of normal saline in the Emergency department?"
90 posts
#2
Em
: "Em residency application data 2023-2026: signal lift matching odds 5.5x, aways 6.6x, AOA does nothing, research/pubs/honors flat"
59 posts
#3
Patients
: "My first 6 Patients have a combined 58 medication allergies."
56 posts
#4
Medical
: "Testimony from Dr. Teresa Soldner - most recent mission at Al Shifa Hospital, from April 14 - 28, 2026"
47 posts
#5
Medicine
: "Emergency Medicine doctors, what’s the happiest story you have from the ER?"
45 posts
#6
Residency
: "Major FOMO in Residency - what cool EM jobs exist?"
40 posts
#7
Emergency Medicine
: "What’s your threshold to discharge problematic patients?"
29 posts
#8
New
: "How many times do people need to be reminded that propofol isn’t analgesic?"
24 posts
#9
Er
: "“I came to the Er last time/went to a diffErent Er and they didn’t do anything.”"
23 posts
#10
Job
: "Marriott providing the in-room entertainment, but at least this is less likely to result in a GI consult because “I fell on it”"
20 posts
Products Discussed in r/emergencymedicine
Ai Scribe
40 reviews
#1
Cleo
4.0★ from 7 reviews
#2
Wavo Health
5.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
ScribeMD
4.2★ from 5 reviews
Work Pants
26 reviews
#1
Wrangler
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
Carhartt
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#3
5.11
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Shears
19 reviews
#1
X Shears
4.8★ from 8 reviews
#2
Raptors
5.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
xShear
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/emergencymedicine
#1
Discussion
: "Testimony from Dr. Teresa Soldner - most recent mission at Al Shifa Hospital, from April 14 - 28, 2026"
96 posts
#2
Humor
: "Not very nice but very funny"
36 posts
#3
Advice
: "The term "Providers" should be banned from clinical setting!"
36 posts
#4
Rant
: "Pitt s2: GO THE F*** HOME"
23 posts
#5
FOAMED
: "Seven-fer"
8 posts
#6
Bad shift stories
: "Lecture on Making Mistakes"
1 post
Member Growth in r/emergencymedicine
Yearly
+17k members(14.0%)
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Last updated: June 10, 2026