Indication

Activated Charcoal for Other

39 sources37 named agencies16 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1000 mg/kg across 32 published protocols, with the middle half between 1000 and 1000.

39sources

37named agencies

16states

93entries

35named here

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

32sources

30named agencies

15states

38entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
500	1000	1000	1000	1000

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 97%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 30 named agencies / 15 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

22sources

20named agencies

11states

29entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
25000	25000	50000	50000	50000

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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 20 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

16sources

16named agencies

9states

17entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	1000	1000	1000	1000

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 94%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 16 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

4sources

4named agencies

3states

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=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

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.