US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Ketamine for Post-intubation sedation

1,335 under review29 sources25 named agencies15 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 23 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

29sources
25named agencies
15states
44entries
25named 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

23sources
19named agencies
14states
23entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51113

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 74%
  • IV 17%
  • IV/IO/IM 9%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=23 protocols from 19 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

15sources
14named agencies
9states
15entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.75113

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 73%
  • IV 20%
  • IV/IO/IM 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=15 protocols from 14 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

6sources
6named agencies
3states
6entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
100100125187.5200

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 67%
  • IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 6 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.