Indication

Dextrose for Hypoglycemia

211 sources175 named agencies47 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 25000 mg across 152 published protocols, with the middle half between 12500 and 25000.

211sources

175named agencies

47states

489entries

171named 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

152sources

120named agencies

43states

173entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
10000	12500	25000	25000	50000

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 60%
IV 35%
PO 5%
IO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=152 protocols from 120 named agencies / 43 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

118sources

104named agencies

38states

138entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	2.3125	5	5	10

Values in mL/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IV/IO 73%
IV 26%
PR 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=118 protocols from 104 named agencies / 38 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

73sources

59named agencies

25states

88entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
200	500	500	500	1000

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 55%
IV 44%
IO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=73 protocols from 59 named agencies / 25 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

48sources

47named agencies

18states

50entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
50	100	125	250	250

Values in mL. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IV/IO 80%
IV 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 47 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmL/kg

16sources

14named agencies

12states

19entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	1	2	3.25	5

Values in mL/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IV/IO 53%
IV 47%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 14 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

9sources

7named agencies

7states

14entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
7500	7500	12500	15000	25000

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 57%
PO 36%
IV 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 7 named agencies / 7 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources

3named agencies

3states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 67%
IV 33%

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

PediatricmL

3sources

1named agencies

3states

4entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 50%
IV 25%
PO 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 1 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page171

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