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Indication

Calcium Chloride for Cardiac arrest

30 sources26 named agencies21 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 1000 mg across 25 published protocols, with the middle half between 1000 and 1000.

30sources
26named agencies
21states
50entries
26named 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

25sources
22named agencies
18states
25entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
5001000100010001000

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 88%
  • IV 12%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=25 protocols from 22 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

19sources
17named agencies
14states
19entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1020202020

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 95%
  • IV 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 17 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

3sources
3named agencies
3states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 67%
  • IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources
2named agencies
3states
3entries
0kept as written

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=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page26

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.