US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Methylprednisolone for Asthma / bronchospasm

1,335 under review81 sources69 named agencies30 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 125 mg across 76 published protocols, with the middle half between 125 and 125.

81sources
69named agencies
30states
152entries
68named here

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

Adultmg

76sources
65named agencies
26states
78entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
125125125125125

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%
  • IV 23%
  • IV/IO 23%
  • IV/IM 15%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 3%
  • IM 1%
  • IO/IM 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=76 protocols from 65 named agencies / 26 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

65sources
56named agencies
28states
67entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
12222

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 31%
  • IV 25%
  • IV/IO 21%
  • IV/IM 16%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 3%
  • IM 2%
  • IO/IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=65 protocols from 56 named agencies / 28 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
5named agencies
5states
6entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11.25222

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 50%
  • IV/IM 33%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%

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

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 0 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.