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Indication

Dopamine for Cardiogenic shock

29 sources26 named agencies17 statesas of 2026-10-31

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.

29sources
26named agencies
17states
46entries
26named 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.

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

28sources
25named agencies
17states
28entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0010.0020.0020.0050.005

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

18sources
17named agencies
12states
18entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0010.0020.0020.0050.005

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.

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.