US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for Allergic reaction

1,335 under review21 sources16 named agencies11 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
16named agencies
11states
44entries
15named here

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

Adultmg

17sources
12named agencies
9states
19entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
410101016

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/IM 26%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 26%
  • IV/IM/PO 16%
  • IV/IO/IM 16%
  • IV 5%
  • IV/IO 5%
  • PO 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 12 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

17sources
14named agencies
9states
18entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.250.50.60.60.6

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/PO 33%
  • IV/IM 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%
  • IV/IO 11%
  • IV/PO 11%
  • IV 6%
  • IV/IM/PO 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 14 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources
3named agencies
3states
6entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM/PO 50%
  • IV/PO 33%
  • PO 17%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 3 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IM/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.