US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for Anaphylaxis

1,335 under review29 sources24 named agencies16 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.6 mg/kg across 24 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.6 and 0.6.

29sources
24named agencies
16states
57entries
24named 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
20named agencies
14states
25entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.20.60.60.60.6

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 28%
  • IV/IM/PO 24%
  • IV/IO/IM 20%
  • PO 8%
  • IV 4%
  • IV/IM 4%
  • IV/IO 4%
  • IV/IO/PO 4%
  • IV/PO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=24 protocols from 20 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

22sources
18named agencies
14states
23entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
410101020

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/PO 30%
  • IV/IO/IM 22%
  • IV/IM/PO 17%
  • IV 13%
  • IV/IO 9%
  • IV/IM 4%
  • PO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 18 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

8sources
6named agencies
6states
9entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.60.60.60.6

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/PO 22%
  • IV/IO/PO 22%
  • IV/PO 11%
  • PO 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 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.