US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Naloxone for Other

1,335 under review38 sources33 named agencies18 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 0.4 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.4 and 0.5.

38sources
33named agencies
18states
92entries
30named here

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

Adultmg

29sources
25named agencies
18states
42entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.40.40.40.51

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/IM/IN 24%
  • IV/IM/IN 14%
  • IV 10%
  • IV/IO 10%
  • IV/IO/IM 10%
  • IN 7%
  • IV/IM/SQ 5%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/ET 5%
  • IM 2%
  • IM/IN 2%
  • IV/IM 2%
  • IV/IM/IN/ET 2%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/SQ 2%
  • IV/IO/IM/SQ 2%
  • IV/IO/IN 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 25 named agencies / 18 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

24sources
22named agencies
12states
38entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.050.10.10.10.15

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

  • IN 21%
  • IV/IO 13%
  • IV/IM/IN 11%
  • IV/IO/IM 11%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 11%
  • IV 8%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/ET 5%
  • IM 3%
  • IM/IN 3%
  • IV/IM 3%
  • IV/IM/IN/ET 3%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/SQ 3%
  • IV/IO/IM/SQ 3%
  • IV/IO/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=24 protocols from 22 named agencies / 12 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

5sources
5named agencies
3states
9entries
1kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.40.50.50.50.5

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/IN 56%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 44%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

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

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

Routes

  • IN 33%
  • IV 33%
  • IV/IO 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.