Indication

Dextrose for Other

75 sources60 named agencies34 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 25000 mg across 50 published protocols, with the middle half between 12500 and 25000.

75sources

60named agencies

34states

222entries

59named here

Includes 1 agency 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

50sources

39named agencies

28states

71entries

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 49%
IV 41%
PO 6%
IO 3%
IV/IO/PO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=50 protocols from 39 named agencies / 28 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

34sources

28named agencies

20states

54entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	2	3	5	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 65%
IV 32%
IO 2%
IV/IO/PO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=34 protocols from 28 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

28sources

22named agencies

19states

38entries

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 47%
IV/IO 47%
PO 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 22 named agencies / 19 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

14sources

13named agencies

10states

18entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
50	81.25	112.5	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 50%
IV 44%
IO 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 13 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

9sources

8named agencies

9states

32entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
7500	8250	11250	25000	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 69%
IV 25%
PO 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 8 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmL/kg

5sources

4named agencies

5states

5entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	1	2	2.5	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 100%

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

PediatricmL

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/IO 100%

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

Named agencies with a page59

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