Cefazolin for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 2000 and 2000.
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 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 56%
- IV/IO 20%
- IV/IO/IM 9%
- IM 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 23 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 30 | 30 | 37.25 | 50 |
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 52%
- IV/IO 26%
- IV/IO/IM 11%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=20 protocols from 17 named agencies / 13 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 750 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1500 |
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 75%
- IV 25%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
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 page25
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Dorchester County EMS
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Mecklenburg EMS Agency
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / Midland Gladwin MCA
- Muskegon County
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Queensland Ambulance Service
- State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention System Branch
- Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service
- Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority
- Weber County Paramedic Program
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services