US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Acetaminophen for Other

1,335 under review27 sources22 named agencies15 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 960 mg across 21 published protocols, with the middle half between 625 and 1000.

27sources
22named agencies
15states
60entries
21named here

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

Adultmg

21sources
16named agencies
13states
27entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
32562596010001000

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 52%
  • IV 44%
  • IV/IO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 16 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

19sources
16named agencies
11states
24entries
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

  • IV 46%
  • PO 33%
  • IV/PO 13%
  • IV/IO 4%
  • IV/IO/PO/PR 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 16 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
5named agencies
3states
7entries
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

  • IV/PO 57%
  • IV 14%
  • IV/IO/PO/PR 14%
  • PO 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources
2named agencies
2states
2entries
0kept 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

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.