Indication

Droperidol for Agitation

48 sources38 named agencies24 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 47 published protocols, with the middle half between 3.75 and 5.

48sources

38named agencies

24states

75entries

37named 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.

Adultmg

47sources

37named agencies

24states

63entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2.5	3.75	5	5	10

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IM 43%
IV/IM 24%
IV 11%
IV/IO 11%
IV/IO/IM 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=47 protocols from 37 named agencies / 24 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources

4named agencies

5states

7entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2

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/IM 71%
IM 14%
IV/IO/IM 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources

1named agencies

2states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IM 33%
IV/IO 33%
IV/IO/IM 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 1 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources

2named agencies

2states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM 50%
IV/IO/IM 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page37

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.