US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Ketamine for Other

1,335 under review51 sources43 named agencies23 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 2 mg/kg across 45 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.

51sources
43named agencies
23states
150entries
41named 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

45sources
38named agencies
23states
88entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51224

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/IO 36%
  • IV 24%
  • IM 19%
  • IM/IN 8%
  • IN 6%
  • IO/IM/IN 2%
  • IV/IN 2%
  • IN/NEB 1%
  • IV/IO/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=45 protocols from 38 named agencies / 23 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

30sources
25named agencies
14states
48entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.411.12523

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/IO 33%
  • IV 31%
  • IM 15%
  • IN 8%
  • IO/IM/IN 4%
  • IV/IN 4%
  • IN/NEB 2%
  • IV/IO/IN 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=30 protocols from 25 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

9sources
8named agencies
5states
13entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
150200200200250

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 46%
  • IM 39%
  • IV 8%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 8 named agencies / 5 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV 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.