US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Succinylcholine for RSI induction

1,335 under review50 sources42 named agencies22 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1.5 mg/kg across 49 published protocols, with the middle half between 1.5 and 2.

50sources
42named agencies
22states
90entries
40named here

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

49sources
41named agencies
22states
54entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11.51.522

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 46%
  • IV/IO 44%
  • IV/IO/IM 6%
  • IM 2%
  • IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=49 protocols from 41 named agencies / 22 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

32sources
26named agencies
15states
35entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11.51.522

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 46%
  • IV/IO 46%
  • IM 3%
  • IO 3%
  • IV/IO/IM 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 26 named agencies / 15 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

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/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.