US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Fentanyl for RSI induction

1,335 under review17 sources12 named agencies10 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.001 mg/kg across 15 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.001 and 0.0015.

17sources
12named agencies
10states
31entries
10named 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

15sources
12named agencies
10states
15entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.00150.003

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 53%
  • IV/IO 40%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=15 protocols from 12 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

14sources
10named agencies
9states
14entries
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 43%
  • IV/IO 36%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 14%
  • IV/IN 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 10 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

2sources
0named agencies
2states
2entries
1kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IN 50%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 0 named agencies / 2 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.