Adenosine for Narrow-complex tachycardia
Adult dosing has a median of 6 mg across 78 published protocols, with the middle half between 6 and 10.5.
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.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 10.5 | 12 |
Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IV 51%
- IV/IO 48%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=78 protocols from 64 named agencies / 34 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.075 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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
- IV 51%
- IV/IO 48%
- IO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=78 protocols from 66 named agencies / 35 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IO 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page68
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Arlington EMS System
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Berkeley County EMS
- BEST EMS
- Bexar County ESD 4 Fire Rescue
- Brownsville Rural Fire District, Halsey-Shedd Fire Protection District, Jefferson Fire District, Lebanon Fire District, Scio Fire District & Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Clark County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Daviess County EMS
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Greater Elgin Area EMS System
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Hunt County EMS
- Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children
- Iowa County Ambulance Service
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- McKinney Fire Department
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- MetroCare Services and Abilene Fire Department
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NC OEMS)
- Northwest Community EMS System
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- OCEMS
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Region 11 Chicago EMS System
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Sierra – Sacramento Valley EMS Agency
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- Stanly County EMS
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Nebraska
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- The Williamson County EMS System
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Thurston County Medic One
- UNM EMS Consortium
- Vermont Department of Health
- Virgin Islands Fire & Emergency Medical Services
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County ESD #4