Hydrocortisone for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 100 mg across 7 published protocols, with the middle half between 100 and 100.
Includes 2 agencies outside the US.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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 42%
- IM 25%
- IV/IO/IM 25%
- IV/IM 8%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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 50%
- IM 17%
- IV/IM 17%
- IV/IM/PO 17%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 3 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IO/IM 88%
- IV 13%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 3 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IM/PO 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page8
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brunswick County EMS
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Ministry of Health, Emergency Health Regulatory and Accountability Branch
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Queensland Ambulance Service
- The Williamson County EMS System