US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Droperidol for Nausea / vomiting

1,335 under review44 sources38 named agencies18 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 1.25 mg across 43 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.625 and 1.25.

44sources
38named agencies
18states
62entries
37named here

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

Adultmg

43sources
37named agencies
18states
52entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.6251.251.252.5

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

Routes

  • IV/IM 31%
  • IV/IO/IM 29%
  • IV 23%
  • IM 10%
  • IV/IO 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=43 protocols from 37 named agencies / 18 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
4named agencies
4states
7entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.010.01120.0150.02620.05

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/IM 43%
  • IV/IO/IM 29%
  • IM 14%
  • IV 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

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/IO/IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/IM 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.