US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for Croup

1,335 under review29 sources25 named agencies17 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.6 mg/kg across 28 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.6 and 0.6.

29sources
25named agencies
17states
40entries
23named 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

28sources
24named agencies
17states
28entries
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/IM/PO 36%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 36%
  • PO 14%
  • IV 4%
  • IV/IM 4%
  • IV/IO/PO 4%
  • IV/PO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 24 named agencies / 17 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

7sources
6named agencies
6states
7entries
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 71%
  • IV/IM/PO 29%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources
5named agencies
4states
5entries
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/PO 40%
  • IV/IM/PO 20%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 20%
  • PO 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 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.