Fentanyl for ACS / chest pain
Adult dosing has a median of 0.025 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.025 and 0.05.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.0025 |
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
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.
- Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Brunswick County EMS
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Charleston County EMS
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Evansville Fire Department
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- HEMS, Inc
- Houston Fire Department
- Iowa County Ambulance Service
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- OCEMS
- Okaloosa County EMS
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Wake County EMS System
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency