US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for Asthma / bronchospasm

1,335 under review37 sources30 named agencies19 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.6 mg/kg across 32 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.5 and 0.6.

37sources
30named agencies
19states
69entries
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

32sources
27named agencies
17states
34entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.20.50.60.60.6

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 41%
  • IV/IM/PO 24%
  • IV/IO/IM 9%
  • PO 9%
  • IV 6%
  • IV/PO 6%
  • IV/IM 3%
  • IV/IO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 27 named agencies / 17 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

27sources
22named agencies
17states
29entries
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/IO/IM/PO 41%
  • IV/IM/PO 24%
  • IV/IO/IM 14%
  • IV 7%
  • IV/IM 7%
  • IV/IO 3%
  • PO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=27 protocols from 22 named agencies / 17 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
5named agencies
4states
6entries
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 50%
  • IV/IM/PO 33%
  • IV/PO 17%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 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.