US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Naloxone for Cardiac arrest

1,335 under review16 sources13 named agencies12 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 2 mg across 12 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 2.25.

16sources
13named agencies
12states
26entries
13named here

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

Adultmg

12sources
9named agencies
10states
16entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
2222.254

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

Routes

  • IN 31%
  • IV/IO 31%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 31%
  • IV 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=12 protocols from 9 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources
5named agencies
7states
7entries
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/IN 43%
  • IV/IO 29%
  • IV/IM/IN 14%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/ET 14%

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

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/IO/IM/IN 67%
  • IN 33%

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