Indication

Diazepam for Agitation

32 sources30 named agencies20 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 4.375 mg across 28 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 5.

32sources

30named agencies

20states

50entries

30named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Adultmg

28sources

26named agencies

17states

35entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	2	4.375	5	7.5

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/IM 23%
IM 20%
IV 20%
IV/IO 14%
IV/IM/SQ 9%
IV/IO/IM 6%
IV/IO/IM/IN 3%
IV/IO/IN 3%
PO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 26 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

9sources

9named agencies

7states

13entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.1	0.1	0.15	0.2	0.2

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 31%
IV/IO/IM 31%
IM 23%
IV 8%
IV/IM 8%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 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

IM 100%

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

Named agencies with a page30

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