Indication

Calcium Gluconate for Hyperkalemia

85 sources66 named agencies28 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 80 published protocols, with the middle half between 1000 and 3000.

85sources

66named agencies

28states

164entries

63named here

Includes 2 agencies 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

80sources

61named agencies

27states

96entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	1000	2000	3000	3000

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 80%
IV 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=80 protocols from 61 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

48sources

39named agencies

19states

50entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
20	50	60	100	100

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 84%
IV 16%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 39 named agencies / 19 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

5sources

3named agencies

5states

5entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	1000	1000	1000	2000

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 60%
IV/IO 40%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 3 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

5sources

5named agencies

3states

6entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6

Values in mL/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IV/IO 67%
IV 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 5 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

4sources

4named agencies

4states

5entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 60%
IV 40%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

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=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

PediatricmL

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

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=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page63

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