Indication

Sodium Bicarbonate for Cardiac arrest

1,335 under review61 sources54 named agencies25 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mEq/kg across 45 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

61sources

54named agencies

25states

106entries

52named here

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmEq/kg

45sources

42named agencies

20states

45entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	1

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

Routes

IV/IO 78%
IV 20%
IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=45 protocols from 42 named agencies / 20 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmEq/kg

35sources

33named agencies

18states

37entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	1

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

Routes

IV/IO 76%
IV 19%
IO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=35 protocols from 33 named agencies / 18 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmEq

22sources

17named agencies

11states

22entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
50	50	50	50	100

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

Routes

IV/IO 82%
IV 18%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 17 named agencies / 11 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmmol/kg

1sources

1named agencies

0states

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 / 0 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmEq

1sources

0named 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 0 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.