Indication

Dexamethasone for Croup

37 sources28 named agencies21 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.6 mg/kg across 36 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.6 and 0.6.

37sources

28named agencies

21states

57entries

27named 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

36sources

27named agencies

20states

37entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.2	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/PO 43%
IV/IM/PO 32%
PO 8%
IV/IM 5%
IV/PO 5%
IV 3%
IV/IO/PO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=36 protocols from 27 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

13sources

10named agencies

9states

13entries

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 54%
IV/IM/PO 39%
IV/IO/IM 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 10 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources

4named agencies

5states

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 33%
IV/IO/IM/PO 17%
IV/IO/PO 17%
IV/PO 17%
PO 17%

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

Pediatricmg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

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=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page27

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