US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Haloperidol for Agitation

1,335 under review44 sources39 named agencies22 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 44 published protocols, with the middle half between 3.25 and 5.

44sources
39named agencies
22states
69entries
37named here

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

Adultmg

44sources
39named agencies
22states
58entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
23.255510

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

Routes

  • IM 64%
  • IV 12%
  • IV/IM 7%
  • IV/IO/IM 7%
  • IV/IO 5%
  • IV/IM/SQ 3%
  • PO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=44 protocols from 39 named agencies / 22 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

5sources
5named agencies
4states
5entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11122.5

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

Routes

  • IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources
4named agencies
3states
5entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.020.050.050.10.15

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

  • IM 60%
  • IV/IO/IM 40%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

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

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

Routes

  • IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 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.