US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for COPD

1,335 under review8 sources7 named agencies6 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 7 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.

8sources
7named agencies
6states
11entries
7named here

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

Adultmg

7sources
6named agencies
5states
7entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
410101015

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 57%
  • IV 29%
  • IV/IM/PO 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 6 named agencies / 5 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources
3named agencies
2states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM/PO 67%
  • IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

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/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.