Indication

Dexamethasone for Adrenal crisis

23 sources20 named agencies16 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 18 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.

23sources

20named agencies

16states

39entries

19named 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

18sources

16named agencies

12states

20entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
4	10	10	10	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

IV/IO/IM 65%
IV 10%
IV/IO 10%
IM 5%
IV/IM 5%
IV/IO/IM/PO 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 16 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

13sources

10named agencies

11states

13entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

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/IM 54%
IV/IM 15%
IV 8%
IV/IO 8%
IV/IO/IM/PO 8%
IV/PO 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 10 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources

4named agencies

3states

4entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM 75%
IV/IO/IM 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources

2named agencies

1states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page19

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