US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Glucagon for Beta-blocker / calcium-channel-blocker overdose

1,335 under review96 sources86 named agencies28 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 2 mg across 93 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 3.

96sources
86named agencies
28states
208entries
81named here

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

Adultmg

93sources
83named agencies
27states
127entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11235

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 34%
  • IV 28%
  • IV/IO/IM 19%
  • IV/IM 9%
  • IM 2%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 2%
  • IV/IM/IN 2%
  • IV/IM/IN/SQ 2%
  • IV/IM/SQ 2%
  • IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=93 protocols from 83 named agencies / 27 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

33sources
29named agencies
13states
47entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.050.050.10.10.1

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 30%
  • IV/IO 28%
  • IV/IO/IM 28%
  • IV/IM 15%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=33 protocols from 29 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

20sources
20named agencies
12states
30entries
2kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.50.50.6251

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 47%
  • IV 23%
  • IV/IM 10%
  • IV/IO/IM 10%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 10%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=20 protocols from 20 named agencies / 12 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources
3named agencies
3states
4entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 75%
  • IV/IO/IM 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 3 named agencies / 3 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.