US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Sodium Bicarbonate for Other

1,335 under review97 sources86 named agencies31 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mEq/kg across 63 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

97sources
86named agencies
31states
256entries
82named here

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

Adult, weight-basedmEq/kg

63sources
56named agencies
26states
87entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51111.5

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 71%
  • IV 26%
  • IO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=63 protocols from 56 named agencies / 26 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmEq/kg

59sources
53named agencies
24states
88entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51112

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 60%
  • IV 39%
  • IO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=59 protocols from 53 named agencies / 24 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmEq

32sources
27named agencies
14states
53entries
2kept as written
minp25medianp75max
25505050100

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 51%
  • IV 49%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 27 named agencies / 14 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

11sources
11named agencies
6states
11entries
2kept as written
minp25medianp75max
22.52.534

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

Routes

  • NEB 91%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=11 protocols from 11 named agencies / 6 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmL

7sources
7named agencies
4states
7entries
3kept as written
minp25medianp75max
22.252.52.753

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

Routes

  • NEB 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 7 named agencies / 4 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

3sources
3named agencies
1states
9entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 78%
  • IV 22%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmEq

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
3kept 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 / 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.