Dopamine for Cardiogenic shock
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.002 mg/kg across 28 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.005.
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.
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
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 68%
- IV/IO 32%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 25 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
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 61%
- IV/IO 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 17 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page26
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Greater Elgin Area EMS System
- Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Lincoln County EMS
- Marion County
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Ministry of Health, Emergency Health Regulatory and Accountability Branch
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Nueces County ESD4
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Osage Ambulance District
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Southern Fox Valley EMS System
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Virgin Islands Fire & Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency