Indication

Acetaminophen for Fever

94 sources80 named agencies30 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 15 mg/kg across 89 published protocols, with the middle half between 15 and 15.

94sources

80named agencies

30states

250entries

76named here

Includes 1 agency outside the US.

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

89sources

75named agencies

29states

122entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
10	15	15	15	15

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

Routes

PO 64%
IV 17%
IV/IO 9%
PO/PR 3%
PR 3%
IV/PO 2%
IV/PO/PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=89 protocols from 75 named agencies / 29 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

76sources

65named agencies

28states

102entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
325	500	656.25	1000	1000

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

Routes

PO 63%
IV 23%
IV/IO 8%
PO/PR 4%
IV/PO 1%
IV/PO/PR 1%
PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=76 protocols from 65 named agencies / 28 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

14sources

11named agencies

9states

14entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
10	15	15	15	15

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

Routes

PO 50%
IV/IO 21%
IV 14%
IV/PO 7%
PO/PR 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 11 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources

3named agencies

2states

10entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

PO 90%
PR 10%

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

PediatricmL

2sources

2named agencies

1states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page76

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.