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Indication

Etomidate for Procedural sedation

34 sources26 named agencies13 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.15 mg/kg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.1 and 0.2.

34sources
26named agencies
13states
67entries
26named here

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

29sources
21named agencies
13states
33entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.10.150.20.3

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 79%
  • IV 21%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 21 named agencies / 13 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

22sources
18named agencies
10states
28entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.10.10.150.20.3

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 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 18 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

4sources
4named agencies
3states
6entries
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=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 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.

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.