US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Activated Charcoal for Other

1,335 under review33 sources32 named agencies13 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1000 mg/kg across 24 published protocols, with the middle half between 1000 and 1000.

33sources
32named agencies
13states
68entries
29named 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

24sources
23named agencies
9states
27entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
10001000100010001000

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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=24 protocols from 23 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

20sources
19named agencies
11states
23entries
1kept as written
minp25medianp75max
2500043750500005000050000

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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=20 protocols from 19 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

14sources
14named agencies
8states
16entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
10001000100010001000

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 88%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 14 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 100%

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.