Amiodarone for Cardiac arrest
Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 5 mg/kg across 55 published protocols, with the middle half between 5 and 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.
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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/IO 93%
- IV 7%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=55 protocols from 49 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
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/IO 94%
- IV 6%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=51 protocols from 46 named agencies / 26 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 1 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page49
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Brownsville Rural Fire District, Halsey-Shedd Fire Protection District, Jefferson Fire District, Lebanon Fire District, Scio Fire District & Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Dane County EMS System
- Daviess County EMS
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Dorchester County EMS
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- County of Marin EMS
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Office of the EMS Medical Director for Kansas City, Missouri
- Osage Ambulance District
- Peninsulas EMS Council, Inc.
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Rappahannock EMS Council
- Region 11 Chicago EMS System
- Region 4 EMS
- Region X EMS
- Reno County Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
- Santa Cruz County EMS Agency
- Stanislaus County Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority
- UNM EMS Consortium
- Wake County EMS System
- Weber County Paramedic Program