US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Diazepam for Agitation

1,335 under review32 sources31 named agencies18 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 2.5 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 5.

32sources
31named agencies
18states
50entries
30named here

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

Adultmg

29sources
28named agencies
16states
32entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
122.555

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 34%
  • IV/IM 19%
  • IV/IO 16%
  • IM 9%
  • IV/IM/SQ 6%
  • IV/IO/IM 6%
  • IO/IM 3%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 3%
  • IV/IO/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 28 named agencies / 16 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

10sources
10named agencies
7states
15entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.10.150.150.2

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

  • IM 40%
  • IV/IO 27%
  • IV 20%
  • IV/IM 7%
  • IV/IO/IM 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 10 named agencies / 7 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

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

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

Routes

  • IM 50%
  • IV/IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 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

  • IM 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.