Ceftriaxone for Sepsis
Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 14 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/IO 67%
- IV 27%
- IV/IM 7%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 13 named agencies / 8 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 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/IO 80%
- IV 20%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 8 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 page14
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Ambulance Victoria
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Brunswick County EMS
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Richland County Emergency Medical Services
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- Wilson County ESD #4