Medication

Activated Charcoal in US EMS protocols

39protocols

37named agencies

16states

1indications

93dose entries

100% of 93machine-parsed

Indication	Spread: box is the middle half, dot means most agree	Range
Other Adult		25000 to 50000 mg median 50000, n=22
Adult, weight-based		All use 1000 mg/kg n=16
Pediatric, weight-based		Most use 1000 mg/kg range 500 to 1000 mg/kg, n=32

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

Named agencies with a page35

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

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United States EMS Protocol Census, Activated Charcoal: n=39 protocols from 37 named agencies / 16 states, as of 2026-10-31