Indication

Dexamethasone for Other

38 sources30 named agencies21 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 32 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.

38sources

30named agencies

21states

108entries

29named here

Includes 2 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.

Adultmg

32sources

26named agencies

17states

54entries

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 24%
IV/IO/IM 22%
IV/IM 17%
IV/IM/PO 9%
IV 7%
IV/IO 7%
IV/IO/PO 6%
PO 6%
IV/PO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 26 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

30sources

22named agencies

18states

45entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.25	0.525	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 24%
IV/IO/IM 22%
IV/IM 16%
IV/IM/PO 16%
IV/IO 7%
IV 4%
IV/IO/PO 4%
PO 4%
IO/IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=30 protocols from 22 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources

4named agencies

4states

4entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM/PO 50%
IV 25%
IV/IO/IM/PO 25%

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

Pediatricmg

4sources

4named agencies

4states

5entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM 20%
IV/IO/IM/PO 20%
PO 20%

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

Named agencies with a page29

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