US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Methylprednisolone for Other

1,335 under review33 sources27 named agencies19 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 125 mg across 27 published protocols, with the middle half between 125 and 125.

33sources
27named agencies
19states
65entries
26named here

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

Adultmg

27sources
23named agencies
17states
34entries
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 47%
  • IV/IO/IM 27%
  • IV/IM 15%
  • IV 6%
  • IM 3%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=27 protocols from 23 named agencies / 17 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

19sources
17named agencies
14states
26entries
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 39%
  • IV/IO/IM 35%
  • IV/IM 15%
  • IM 4%
  • IV 4%
  • IV/IO/IM/PO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 17 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources
3named agencies
2states
4entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 50%
  • IV 25%
  • IV/IM 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

1sources
0named agencies
1states
1entries
0kept 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.