US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Diazepam for Seizure

1,335 under review63 sources61 named agencies30 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 55 published protocols, with the middle half between 3 and 6.75.

63sources
61named agencies
30states
162entries
57named here

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

Adultmg

55sources
53named agencies
27states
75entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
2356.7510

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 29%
  • IV 23%
  • IM 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 9%
  • IV/IM 7%
  • PR 7%
  • IM/PR 1%
  • IV/IO/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=55 protocols from 53 named agencies / 27 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

48sources
47named agencies
25states
74entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.150.20.30.5

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 28%
  • PR 23%
  • IV 18%
  • IM 11%
  • IV/IO/IM 8%
  • IV/IM 4%
  • IO 1%
  • IV/IO/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 47 named agencies / 25 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources
7named agencies
6states
11entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.20.20.3250.35

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 46%
  • PR 27%
  • IV/IO/IM 18%
  • IV 9%

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

Pediatricmg

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 100%

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