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Indication

Fentanyl for ACS / chest pain

53 sources41 named agencies27 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 0.025 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.025 and 0.05.

53sources
41named agencies
27states
66entries
40named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Adultmg

29sources
20named agencies
17states
29entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0250.0250.0250.050.05

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 28%
  • IV/IO 28%
  • IV/IO/IM/IN 21%
  • IV/IO/IM 10%
  • IV/IM 3%
  • IV/IM/IN 3%
  • IV/IN 3%
  • IV/IO/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 20 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

22sources
19named agencies
14states
24entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.0025

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/IM/IN 25%
  • IV 21%
  • IV/IO/IN 21%
  • IV/IM/IN 17%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • IN 4%
  • IV/IO/IM 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 19 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

13sources
12named agencies
10states
13entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.001

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/IM/IN 46%
  • IV/IO/IN 23%
  • IV 8%
  • IV/IM/IN 8%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • IV/IO/IM 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 12 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page40

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.