Dopamine for Sepsis
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.002 mg/kg across 17 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.002.
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 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 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 53%
- IV/IO 47%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 13 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 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 57%
- IV/IO 43%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 5 named agencies / 6 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page13
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Region 4 EMS
- Southern Fox Valley EMS System
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Virgin Islands Fire & Emergency Medical Services
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency