US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Ketorolac for Fever

1,335 under review9 sources7 named agencies5 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.5 mg/kg across 8 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.5 and 0.5.

9sources
7named agencies
5states
20entries
6named here

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

8sources
6named agencies
5states
10entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.50.50.50.75

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/IM 30%
  • IM 20%
  • IV/IM 20%
  • IV/IO 20%
  • IV 10%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 6 named agencies / 5 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

5sources
3named agencies
4states
6entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1515151522.5

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM 33%
  • IM 17%
  • IV 17%
  • IV/IM 17%
  • IV/IO 17%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources
2named agencies
1states
4entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IM 50%
  • IV/IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 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.