US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Acetaminophen for Fever

1,335 under review77 sources68 named agencies26 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 15 mg/kg across 63 published protocols, with the middle half between 15 and 15.

77sources
68named agencies
26states
174entries
63named here

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

63sources
55named agencies
24states
78entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1015151515

Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • PO 68%
  • IV 17%
  • IV/IO 9%
  • IV/PO 3%
  • PO/PR 3%
  • IV/PO/PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=63 protocols from 55 named agencies / 24 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

60sources
53named agencies
22states
79entries
3kept as written
minp25medianp75max
325500662.510001000

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • PO 63%
  • IV 24%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • PO/PR 3%
  • IV/PO/PR 1%
  • PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=60 protocols from 53 named agencies / 22 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

13sources
11named agencies
8states
13entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1515151515

Values in mg/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • PO 69%
  • IV/PO 23%
  • IV/IO 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 11 named agencies / 8 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources
2named agencies
2states
2entries
2kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

  • PO 50%
  • PR 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
3kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

  • PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmL

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
2kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

  • PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

Named agencies

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