Dopamine for Hypotension / shock
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.
1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
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
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.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Office of EMS (OEMS)
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital EMS System
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Cochran County Emergency Medical Services
- Denver Metro EMS Medical Directors
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Greater Miami Valley EMS Council
- Haywood County EMS System
- Idaho EMS Physician Commission
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Muskogee County EMS
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- Ocala/Marion County Fire Rescue
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Pierce County Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Region 4 EMS (Alton Memorial Hospital, Anderson Hospital, HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, OSF St. Anthony's Health Center)
- Southern Fox Valley EMS System
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- Thurston County Medic One
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Vermont Department of Health
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency