Indication

Dexamethasone for Allergic reaction

28 sources19 named agencies13 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 25 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.

28sources

19named agencies

13states

54entries

18named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Adultmg

25sources

17named agencies

12states

27entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
4	10	10	10	20

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/IM 33%
IV/IO/IM/PO 22%
IV/IO/IM 15%
IV/IM/PO 11%
IV 7%
IV/IO 7%
PO 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=25 protocols from 17 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

21sources

15named agencies

10states

21entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.25	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/IM 29%
IV/IO/IM/PO 29%
IV/IO 14%
IV/IO/IM 14%
IV 10%
PO 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 15 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources

2named agencies

2states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 67%
IV/IM 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources

3named agencies

2states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM/PO 67%
IV/IO/IM 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page18

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