US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dexamethasone for Other

1,335 under review20 sources16 named agencies11 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 16 published protocols, with the middle half between 6.75 and 10.

20sources
16named agencies
11states
47entries
13named here

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

Adultmg

16sources
12named agencies
8states
24entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
46.75101015

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 29%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%
  • IV/IM 13%
  • IV/IM/PO 13%
  • IV 8%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • IV/IO/PO 8%
  • IM 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 12 named agencies / 8 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

15sources
11named agencies
10states
18entries
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 22%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 22%
  • IV/IM 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%
  • IV/IO/PO 11%
  • IV 6%
  • IV/IM/PO 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=15 protocols from 11 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/IM 25%
  • IV/IM/PO 25%
  • IV/IO 25%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 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/IO/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.