US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Norepinephrine for Hypotension / shock

1,335 under review78 sources66 named agencies27 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 0.002 mg across 52 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.004.

78sources
66named agencies
27states
134entries
63named here

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

Adultmg

52sources
44named agencies
20states
60entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0010.0020.0020.0040.005

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 65%
  • IV 35%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=52 protocols from 44 named agencies / 20 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

43sources
37named agencies
18states
51entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00010.00010.00010.00010.0001

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 61%
  • IV 37%
  • IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=43 protocols from 37 named agencies / 18 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

18sources
15named agencies
11states
22entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00010.00010.00010.00010.0001

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 77%
  • IV 23%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 15 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 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.