US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dopamine for Hypotension / shock

1,335 under review43 sources36 named agencies23 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.005 mg/kg across 42 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.005.

43sources
36named agencies
23states
64entries
35named 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

42sources
35named agencies
22states
45entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0020.0020.0050.0050.01

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 67%
  • IV 31%
  • IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=42 protocols from 35 named agencies / 22 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

18sources
16named agencies
13states
18entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0010.0020.0020.0050.005

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/IO 61%
  • IV 39%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 16 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

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 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.