Indication

Dexamethasone for Asthma / bronchospasm

45 sources34 named agencies22 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.6 mg/kg across 40 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.575 and 0.6.

45sources

34named agencies

22states

91entries

33named here

Includes 3 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.

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

40sources

32named agencies

20states

45entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.2	0.575	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/PO 44%
IV/IM/PO 29%
IV/IO/IM 9%
IV/IM 4%
IV/PO 4%
PO 4%
IV 2%
IV/IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=40 protocols from 32 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

35sources

26named agencies

19states

38entries

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/PO 45%
IV/IM/PO 24%
IV/IO/IM 13%
IV/IM 11%
IV 3%
IV/IO 3%
PO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=35 protocols from 26 named agencies / 19 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources

5named agencies

4states

6entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	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/PO 50%
IV/IO/IM/PO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources

2named agencies

2states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM 50%
IV/IO/IM 50%

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

Named agencies with a page33

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