Drug

Dexamethasone in US EMS protocols

1,335 under review77 sources66 named agencies31 statesas of 2026-09-20

77 published protocols carry Dexamethasone across 11 indications, from 66 named agencies in 31 states.

77protocols

66named agencies

31states

11indications

333dose entries

99% of 333machine-parsed

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

Indications11

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

Indication	Population	Sources	Median	Middle half	Unit
Adrenal crisis	Adult	17	10	10–10	mg
Adrenal crisis	Pediatric, weight-based	9	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Allergic reaction	Adult	17	10	10–10	mg
Allergic reaction	Pediatric, weight-based	17	0.6	0.5–0.6	mg/kg
Anaphylaxis	Adult	22	10	10–10	mg
Anaphylaxis	Adult, weight-based	8	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Anaphylaxis	Pediatric, weight-based	24	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Asthma / bronchospasm	Adult	27	10	10–10	mg
Asthma / bronchospasm	Adult, weight-based	6	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Asthma / bronchospasm	Pediatric, weight-based	32	0.6	0.5–0.6	mg/kg
COPD	Adult	7	10	10–10	mg
Croup	Adult	7	10	10–10	mg
Croup	Adult, weight-based	5	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Croup	Pediatric, weight-based	28	0.6	0.6–0.6	mg/kg
Other	Adult	16	10	6.75–10	mg
Other	Pediatric, weight-based	15	0.6	0.5–0.6	mg/kg
Respiratory distress	Adult	11	10	10–10	mg
Respiratory distress	Pediatric, weight-based	8	0.6	0.575–0.6	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.

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