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Indication

Fentanyl for Burns

10 sources9 named agencies9 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.001 mg/kg across 8 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.001 and 0.0014.

10sources
9named agencies
9states
26entries
9named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

8sources
8named agencies
7states
11entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.00140.002

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM 27%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 27%
  • IN 18%
  • IV/IM/IN 9%
  • IV/IO 9%
  • IV/IO/IN 9%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 8 named agencies / 7 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

6sources
5named agencies
5states
6entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0250.0250.03750.050.05

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM/IN 50%
  • IV 17%
  • IV/IO 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources
4named agencies
4states
9entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IN 22%
  • IV/IO/IM 22%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 22%
  • IV 11%
  • IV/IM/IN 11%
  • IV/IO/IN 11%

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

Named agencies with a page9

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.