US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Sodium Bicarbonate for Tricyclic overdose

1,335 under review125 sources108 named agencies32 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mEq/kg across 83 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

125sources
108named agencies
32states
215entries
103named 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

83sources
74named agencies
25states
83entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51111

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 29%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=83 protocols from 74 named agencies / 25 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmEq/kg

78sources
68named agencies
30states
79entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51111

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 65%
  • IV 34%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=78 protocols from 68 named agencies / 30 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmEq

49sources
42named agencies
18states
50entries
1kept as written
minp25medianp75max
50505050100

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 70%
  • IV 30%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=49 protocols from 42 named agencies / 18 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

1sources
1named agencies
0states
1entries
1kept 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 / 0 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmEq

1sources
0named agencies
1states
1entries
2kept 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 0 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 0 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.