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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
intensive care
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an intensive care nurse
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Facilities will include an intensive care unit and an oiled bird cleaning facility.
▪ However, Lee survived but spent 16 days in the intensive care unit and a month in hospital.
▪ I had seen two of them in the intensive care unit during my tour.
▪ Jensen remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital, she said.
▪ Last night Suzanne was critically ill in intensive care at Withington Hospital.
▪ The girl remains in serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit at Broward General Medical Center.
▪ The Marchioness is in intensive care after a fall from her horse.
Wiktionary
intensive care

n. (context medicine English) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.

WordNet
intensive care

n. close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions

Wikipedia
Intensive Care (album)

Intensive Care is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 24 October 2005 in the United Kingdom.

Intensive Care (film)

' Intensive Care ' is a 1991 Dutch action horror film directed by Dorna van Rouveroy. It stars popular Flemish singer Koen Wauters in his second and final film role and Hollywood actor George Kennedy. While the movie wasn't a box office success it did develop a cult following over the decades due to it being hilariously bad and campy. It has been shown during the Belgian-Dutch Nacht van de Wansmaak film festival.