Famotidine for Anaphylaxis
Adult dosing has a median of 20 mg across 10 published protocols, with the middle half between 20 and 20.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
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 36%
- IV 27%
- PO 18%
- IV/IM/PO 9%
- IV/IO/PO 9%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 8 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.4375 | 0.5 |
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 50%
- IV 33%
- IV/IO/PO 17%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 0 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- PO 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page8
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Giles County EMS
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Wake County EMS System