Indication

Midazolam for Agitation

1,335 under review116 sources103 named agencies38 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 3.75 mg across 101 published protocols, with the middle half between 2.5 and 5.

116sources

103named agencies

38states

299entries

99named here

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

Adultmg

101sources

90named agencies

34states

165entries

2kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	2.5	3.75	5	10

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

Routes

IM 24%
IM/IN 13%
IV/IO 12%
IV/IO/IM/IN 12%
IV 9%
IV/IO/IN 9%
IV/IM 6%
IN 6%
IV/IM/IN 6%
IV/IO/IM 4%
IV/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=101 protocols from 90 named agencies / 34 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

65sources

60named agencies

26states

108entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.1	0.1	0.15	0.2

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

IM 21%
IV/IO 15%
IV/IO/IM/IN 15%
IM/IN 14%
IV/IO/IN 11%
IN 7%
IV 7%
IV/IM/IN 4%
IV/IM 3%
IV/IN 2%
IV/IO/IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=65 protocols from 60 named agencies / 26 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

16sources

15named agencies

11states

23entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.0938	0.1	0.1125	0.2

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/IN 26%
IM/IN 22%
IV/IO 22%
IM 13%
IV/IM/IN 9%
IN 4%
IV/IM 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 15 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources

2named agencies

2states

3entries

2kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM/IN 67%
IN 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 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.