Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis
Adult dosing has a median of 0.3 mg across 199 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.3 and 0.3.
Includes 2 agencies 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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
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 84%
- IV/IO 8%
- IV 5%
- SQ 2%
- IM/SQ 1%
- IV/NEB 0%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=199 protocols from 163 named agencies / 46 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
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
- IM 81%
- IV/IO 9%
- IV 6%
- SQ 2%
- IM/SQ 1%
- IV/NEB 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=128 protocols from 100 named agencies / 34 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.3 |
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 96%
- IM/SQ 1%
- IV 1%
- IV/IO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=69 protocols from 63 named agencies / 35 states, updated Oct 2026
AdultmL
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 |
Values in mL. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IM 43%
- IV 43%
- IV/IO 14%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 7 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 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
- IM 57%
- IV 29%
- IV/IO 14%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
PediatricmL
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV 67%
- IM 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV 50%
- NEB 50%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page163
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Ambulance Victoria
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Annaville Fire Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Arlington EMS System
- Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Howard Fire Rescue, & De Pere Fire Rescue
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Berkeley County EMS
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- BEST EMS
- Bexar County ESD 4 Fire Rescue
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Brownsville Rural Fire District, Halsey-Shedd Fire Protection District, Jefferson Fire District, Lebanon Fire District, Scio Fire District & Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Charleston County EMS
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Coastal Valleys EMS Agency
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Dallas Fire-Rescue
- Dane County EMS System
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Daviess County EMS
- DC Fire and EMS
- Delaware Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Denver Health Paramedic Division
- Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles
- Dorchester County EMS
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- El Paso County Emergency Services District #2
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Fort Worth Regional EMS System
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Giles County EMS
- Grant County
- Greater Elgin Area EMS System
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Houston Fire Department
- Hunt County EMS
- Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency
- Iowa County Ambulance Service
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Kern County Public Health
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Lane County Medical Control Board
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Lincoln County EMS
- Louisville Metro EMS
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- County of Marin EMS
- Marion County
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- McKinney Fire Department
- Mecklenburg EMS Agency
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / Midland Gladwin MCA
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Montgomery County Hospital District
- Mountain West Ambulance
- Muskegon County
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NC OEMS)
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Norton Sound Health Corporation
- Nueces County ESD4
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Ocala/Marion County/The Villages Public Safety EMS
- OCEMS
- Office of the EMS Medical Director for Kansas City, Missouri
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Osage Ambulance District
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Rappahannock EMS Council
- Region 11 Chicago EMS System
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- REMSA
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Reno County Emergency Medical Services
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Richland County Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Salem Fire Department
- Salt Lake County EMS
- Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
- Santa Cruz County EMS Agency
- Seattle and King County EMS
- Sierra – Sacramento Valley EMS Agency
- South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) Division of EMS
- Southern Fox Valley EMS System
- Spokane County EMS
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- Stanislaus County Emergency Medical Services Agency
- Stanly County EMS
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention System Branch
- State of Nebraska
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- Tennessee Emergency Medical Services
- The Williamson County EMS System
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Thurston County Medic One
- Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.
- Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- UNM EMS Consortium
- Vermont Department of Health
- Virgin Islands Fire & Emergency Medical Services
- Wake County EMS System
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services
- Washington State Department of Health
- Weber County Paramedic Program
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency
- Wilson County ESD #4