US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Fentanyl for Post-intubation sedation

1,335 under review27 sources24 named agencies15 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.001 mg/kg across 19 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.001 and 0.001.

27sources
24named agencies
15states
46entries
24named here

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

19sources
18named agencies
12states
19entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.002

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 63%
  • IV 21%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 18 named agencies / 12 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

17sources
16named agencies
10states
17entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0250.050.050.10.1

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 53%
  • IV 24%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 12%
  • IV/IO/IN 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 16 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

9sources
8named agencies
6states
10entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.002

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 70%
  • IV 30%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 8 named agencies / 6 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.