US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Droperidol for Agitation

1,335 under review39 sources34 named agencies20 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 37 published protocols, with the middle half between 3.75 and 5.

39sources
34named agencies
20states
57entries
33named here

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

Adultmg

37sources
32named agencies
20states
48entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
23.755510

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a drug five times still gets one vote.

Routes

  • IM 46%
  • IV/IM 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%
  • IV 10%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • IV/IM/SQ 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=37 protocols from 32 named agencies / 20 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

  • IM 67%
  • IV/IM 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources
2named agencies
1states
4entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IM 50%
  • IV/IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 1 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

  • IV/IM 50%
  • IV/IO/IM 50%

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.