Atropine for Beta-blocker / calcium-channel-blocker overdose
Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 12 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.5 and 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 65%
- IV 35%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=12 protocols from 9 named agencies / 8 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
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 89%
- IV 11%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 6 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page11
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Annaville Fire Department
- Benbrook Fire Department
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Region X EMS
- REMSA Sioux Falls