US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Etomidate for RSI induction

1,335 under review64 sources55 named agencies26 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.3 mg/kg across 61 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.3 and 0.3.

64sources
55named agencies
26states
103entries
53named 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

61sources
52named agencies
26states
62entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.30.30.30.4

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 65%
  • IV 36%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=61 protocols from 52 named agencies / 26 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

36sources
29named agencies
16states
37entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.30.30.30.4

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 65%
  • IV 35%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=36 protocols from 29 named agencies / 16 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 75%
  • IV 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 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.