Fentanyl for ACS / chest pain
Adult dosing has a median of 0.025 mg across 21 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.025 and 0.05.
1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.05 | 0.1 |
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/IO/IM/IN 30%
- IV/IO 17%
- IV 13%
- IV/IM 9%
- IV/IM/IN 9%
- IN 4%
- IV/IN 4%
- IV/IO/IM 4%
- IV/IO/IN 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 15 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.0025 |
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/IM/IN 32%
- IV 16%
- IV/IO 16%
- IV/IO/IN 16%
- IV/IM/IN 11%
- IN 5%
- IV/IO/IM 5%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 15 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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/IM/IN 57%
- IV/IO/IN 29%
- IV 14%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 7 named agencies / 5 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.
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Berrien County
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Brunswick County EMS
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Evansville Fire Department
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Haywood County EMS System
- HEMS, Inc
- Houston Fire Department
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Lake Cities Fire Department
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- Muskogee County EMS
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Region 4 EMS (Alton Memorial Hospital, Anderson Hospital, HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, OSF St. Anthony's Health Center)
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Salt Lake County EMS
- Sierra – Sacramento Valley EMS Agency
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency