US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Naloxone for Respiratory distress

1,335 under review13 sources12 named agencies11 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 2 mg across 9 published protocols, with the middle half between 1.5 and 2.

13sources
12named agencies
11states
29entries
12named here

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

Adultmg

9sources
8named agencies
7states
14entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51.5222

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 29%
  • IV/IM/IN 14%
  • IM 7%
  • IM/IN 7%
  • IV 7%
  • IV/IM 7%
  • IV/IO 7%
  • IV/IO/IM 7%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 7%
  • IV/IO/IN 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 8 named agencies / 7 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources
7named agencies
7states
10entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.10.10.10.15

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

  • IV/IM/IN 20%
  • IV/IO/IM 20%
  • ET 10%
  • IM/IN 10%
  • IN 10%
  • IV/IO 10%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/ET 10%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN/SQ 10%

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

Pediatricmg

4sources
4named agencies
4states
5entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IN 40%
  • IM/IN 20%
  • IV/IO 20%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 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.