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Indication

Atropine for Organophosphate poisoning

150 sources122 named agencies37 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2 mg across 144 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 2.

150sources
122named agencies
37states
291entries
120named here

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

144sources
116named agencies
37states
156entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
12224

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 37%
  • IV 24%
  • IV/IO/IM 17%
  • IV/IM 14%
  • IM 6%
  • IO 1%
  • IV/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/SQ/ET 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=144 protocols from 116 named agencies / 37 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

113sources
92named agencies
33states
122entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.020.020.050.050.1

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 40%
  • IV 21%
  • IV/IO/IM 16%
  • IV/IM 14%
  • IM 3%
  • ET 1%
  • IO 1%
  • IV/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/ET 1%
  • IV/IO/IM/SQ/ET 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=113 protocols from 92 named agencies / 33 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

9sources
6named agencies
5states
9entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51122

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 33%
  • IV/IO/IM 33%
  • IM 22%
  • IV/IO 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 6 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources
4named agencies
4states
4entries
0kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

  • IV/IO 50%
  • IV 25%
  • IV/IM 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page120

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

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.