US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Dopamine for Other

1,335 under review16 sources14 named agencies12 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.002 mg/kg across 15 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.005.

16sources
14named agencies
12states
25entries
14named 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

15sources
13named agencies
11states
16entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0020.0020.0020.0050.005

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 63%
  • IV/IO 38%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=15 protocols from 13 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources
6named agencies
6states
8entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0020.0020.0020.00350.005

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=7 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 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.