Drug

Ketamine in US EMS protocols

1,335 under review164 sources143 named agencies42 statesas of 2026-09-20

164 published protocols carry Ketamine across 21 indications, from 143 named agencies in 42 states.

164protocols

143named agencies

42states

21indications

1,040dose entries

100% of 1,040machine-parsed

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

Indications21

Only groups with at least 5 sources publish a distribution; thinner groups show their count alone.

Indication	Population	Sources	Median	Middle half	Unit
Agitation	Adult	14	250	250–287.5	mg
Agitation	Adult, weight-based	62	3	2–4	mg/kg
Agitation	Pediatric, weight-based	27	2	1.5–3	mg/kg
Hyperactive delirium	Adult, weight-based	28	4	4–4	mg/kg
Hyperactive delirium	Pediatric, weight-based	13	4	2–4	mg/kg
Other	Adult	9	200	200–200	mg
Other	Adult, weight-based	45	2	1–2	mg/kg
Other	Pediatric, weight-based	30	1.125	1–2	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult	24	18.75	15–25	mg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult, weight-based	78	0.3	0.25–0.375	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Pediatric, weight-based	49	0.3	0.2–0.35	mg/kg
Severe pain	Adult, weight-based	25	0.3	0.25–0.35	mg/kg
Severe pain	Pediatric, weight-based	17	0.3	0.25–0.35	mg/kg
Post-intubation sedation	Adult	6	125	100–187.5	mg
Post-intubation sedation	Adult, weight-based	23	1	1–1	mg/kg
Post-intubation sedation	Pediatric, weight-based	15	1	0.75–1	mg/kg
Procedural sedation	Adult	14	100	81.25–175	mg
Procedural sedation	Adult, weight-based	51	1	1–1.5	mg/kg
Procedural sedation	Pediatric, weight-based	41	1.5	1–1.5	mg/kg
RSI induction	Adult	8	200	200–200	mg
RSI induction	Adult, weight-based	58	2	1.3125–2	mg/kg
RSI induction	Pediatric, weight-based	45	2	1–2	mg/kg
Seizure	Adult	7	100	100–100	mg
Seizure	Adult, weight-based	17	1.5	1–1.5	mg/kg
Seizure	Pediatric, weight-based	19	1	1–1.5	mg/kg

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.

7 more agencies are counted but have too little published detail for a page yet.