Indication

Acetaminophen for Mild to moderate pain

128 sources107 named agencies46 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 662.5 mg across 116 published protocols, with the middle half between 500 and 1000.

128sources

107named agencies

46states

327entries

104named here

Includes 4 agencies outside the US.

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

Adultmg

116sources

97named agencies

43states

151entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
250	500	662.5	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 59%
IV 27%
IV/IO 13%
IV/PO 1%
PO/ODT 1%
PO/PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=116 protocols from 97 named agencies / 43 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

109sources

90named agencies

41states

143entries

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 55%
IV 25%
IV/IO 13%
IV/PO 4%
IV/PO/PR 1%
PO/ODT 1%
PO/PR 1%
PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=109 protocols from 90 named agencies / 41 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

18sources

15named agencies

11states

18entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
12.5	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 33%
IV 22%
IV/IO 22%
IV/PO 22%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 15 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

4sources

4named agencies

4states

6entries

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=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

PediatricmL

3sources

3named agencies

2states

9entries

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=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page104

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