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Indication

Fentanyl for Post-intubation sedation

47 sources41 named agencies20 statesas of 2026-10-31

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.

47sources
41named agencies
20states
75entries
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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

26sources
22named agencies
12states
26entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.002

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

26sources
23named agencies
14states
27entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.00050.0010.0010.0010.002

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

21sources
19named agencies
10states
22entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.0250.050.050.10.1

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.

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