Indication
Buprenorphine for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 16 mg across 21 published protocols, with the middle half between 16 and 16.
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21named agencies
14states
25entries
21named here
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adultmg
21sources
21named agencies
14states
25entries
0kept as written
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- SL 92%
- PO 8%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 21 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page21
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
- Brunswick County EMS
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Charleston County EMS
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
- DC Fire and EMS
- Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency
- Lincoln County EMS
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Salem Fire Department
- Stanislaus County Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Stanly County EMS
- Wake County EMS System