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Indication

Dopamine for Hypotension / shock

61 sources48 named agencies28 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.005 mg/kg across 57 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.005.

61sources
48named agencies
28states
96entries
48named 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

57sources
45named agencies
27states
61entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0020.0020.0050.0050.01

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 62%
  • IV 38%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=57 protocols from 45 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

31sources
25named agencies
18states
34entries
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/IO 56%
  • IV 44%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=31 protocols from 25 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV 100%

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

Named agencies with a page48

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.