US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dobutamine for Hypotension / shock

1,335 under review6 sources3 named agencies6 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.002 mg/kg across 6 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.0043.

6sources
3named agencies
6states
11entries
3named here

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
3named agencies
6states
8entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0020.0020.0020.00430.005

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 63%
  • IV/IO 38%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 3 named agencies / 6 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources
2named agencies
3states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV 67%
  • IV/IO 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 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.