Dopamine for Other
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.005 mg/kg across 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
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 68%
- IV/IO 28%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 23 named agencies / 19 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 74%
- IV/IO 19%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=23 protocols from 18 named agencies / 16 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
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 page26
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Grant County
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Idaho EMS Physician Commission
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lane County Medical Control Board
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Nueces County ESD4
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- State of Nebraska
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency