US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Morphine for Severe pain

1,335 under review26 sources22 named agencies17 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.1 mg/kg across 17 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.1 and 0.1.

26sources
22named agencies
17states
59entries
22named 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

17sources
14named agencies
13states
21entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.050.10.10.10.1

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 29%
  • IV 24%
  • IV/IO 19%
  • IM 14%
  • IV/IM 10%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 14 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

16sources
14named agencies
13states
22entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
223.7546

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 23%
  • IV 23%
  • IV/IO 23%
  • IV/IO/IM 18%
  • IV/IM 5%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 5%
  • IV/IO/IM/NEB 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 14 named agencies / 13 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

11sources
10named agencies
10states
13entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.10.10.10.1

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 39%
  • IV/IO 23%
  • IM 15%
  • IM/SQ 8%
  • IV 8%
  • IV/IM 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=11 protocols from 10 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IM 67%
  • IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 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.