Indication

Dexamethasone for Adrenal crisis

1,335 under review21 sources19 named agencies10 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 17 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.

21sources

19named agencies

10states

35entries

17named here

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

Adultmg

17sources

15named agencies

7states

19entries

1kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
4	10	10	10	16

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM 58%
IM 11%
IV/IO 11%
IV 5%
IV/IM 5%
IV/IM/PO 5%
IV/IO/IM/PO 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 15 named agencies / 7 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

9sources

7named agencies

6states

10entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

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/IO/IM 40%
IV/IM 20%
IV/IM/PO 10%
IV/IO/IM/PO 10%
IV/PO 10%
PO 10%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 7 named agencies / 6 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources

3named agencies

3states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM 67%
IV/IO/IM 33%

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

Pediatricmg

3sources

3named agencies

2states

3entries

1kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM 67%
IM 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 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.