US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Terbutaline for Respiratory distress

1,335 under review7 sources6 named agencies4 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 0.25 mg across 5 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.25 and 0.25.

7sources
6named agencies
4states
11entries
6named here

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

Adultmg

5sources
5named agencies
3states
5entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.250.250.250.250.25

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

Routes

  • SQ 60%
  • IM 20%
  • IM/SQ 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 5 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources
3named agencies
2states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IM 33%
  • IM/SQ 33%
  • SQ 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources
2named agencies
3states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • SQ 67%
  • IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 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.