Fentanyl for Post-intubation sedation
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 0.001 mg/kg across 26 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.001 and 0.001.
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
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 54%
- IV 35%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 8%
- IV/IM/IN 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=26 protocols from 22 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
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 70%
- IV 15%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 11%
- IV/IM/IN 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=26 protocols from 23 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.025 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 64%
- IV 18%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 9%
- IV/IO/IM 5%
- IV/IO/IN 5%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 19 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page41
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
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- BEST EMS
- Brunswick County EMS
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Clark County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Evansville Fire Department
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Hunt County EMS
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Lincoln County EMS
- Marion County
- McKinney Fire Department
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Salem Fire Department
- State of Nebraska
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- The Williamson County EMS System
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County ESD #4