Indication

Epinephrine for Cardiac arrest

203 sources171 named agencies49 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 198 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

203sources

171named agencies

49states

429entries

167named here

Includes 4 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

198sources

166named agencies

48states

224entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	2

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

Routes

IV/IO 88%
ET 7%
IV 4%
IO 0%
SL 0%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=198 protocols from 166 named agencies / 48 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

191sources

162named agencies

47states

197entries

0kept as written

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

IV/IO 96%
IV 3%
IM 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=191 protocols from 162 named agencies / 47 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources

5named agencies

5states

5entries

0kept as written

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

IV/IO 80%
IM 20%

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

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/IO 100%

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

Pediatricmg

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/IO 100%

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

Named agencies with a page167

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