Drug

Acetaminophen in US EMS protocols

1,335 under review144 sources130 named agencies39 statesas of 2026-09-20

144 published protocols carry Acetaminophen across 10 indications, from 130 named agencies in 39 states.

144protocols

130named agencies

39states

10indications

590dose entries

98% of 590machine-parsed

1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.

Indications10

Only groups with at least 5 sources publish a distribution; thinner groups show their count alone.

Indication	Population	Sources	Median	Middle half	Unit
Fever	Adult	60	662.5	500–1000	mg
Fever	Adult, weight-based	13	15	15–15	mg/kg
Fever	Pediatric, weight-based	63	15	15–15	mg/kg
Other	Adult	21	960	625–1000	mg
Other	Adult, weight-based	6	15	15–15	mg/kg
Other	Pediatric, weight-based	19	15	15–15	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult	107	662.5	645–1000	mg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult, weight-based	17	15	15–15	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Pediatric, weight-based	92	15	15–15	mg/kg
Severe pain	Adult	11	1000	1000–1000	mg
Severe pain	Pediatric, weight-based	7	15	15–15	mg/kg
Seizure	Pediatric, weight-based	9	15	15–20	mg/kg
Sepsis	Adult	5	1000	750–1000	mg
Sepsis	Pediatric, weight-based	5	15	15–15	mg/kg

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.

6 more agencies are counted but have too little published detail for a page yet.