US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Diazepam for Procedural sedation

1,335 under review32 sources30 named agencies14 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 30 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 5.

32sources
30named agencies
14states
45entries
30named here

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

Adultmg

30sources
28named agencies
12states
33entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
22555

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 39%
  • IV 33%
  • IV/IM 9%
  • IV/IO/IM 9%
  • IV/IO/PR 6%
  • IV/IO/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=30 protocols from 28 named agencies / 12 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

9sources
9named agencies
6states
9entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.040.050.10.10.2

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

  • IV 33%
  • IV/IM 22%
  • IV/IO 22%
  • IV/IO/IM 11%
  • IV/IO/PR 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 9 named agencies / 6 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

  • IV 100%

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

  • IV/IO/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.