Indication

Morphine for Post-intubation sedation

13 sources10 named agencies8 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.1 mg/kg across 9 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.1 and 0.1.

13sources

10named agencies

8states

22entries

10named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

9sources

7named agencies

4states

9entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1

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

Routes

IV/IO 78%
IV 11%
IV/IO/IM 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 7 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources

5named agencies

5states

7entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1

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

Routes

IV/IO 71%
IV 14%
IV/IO/IM 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 5 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

5sources

5named agencies

3states

5entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	2	4	4	4

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

Routes

IV/IO 80%
IV 20%

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

Pediatricmg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page10

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.