Indication

Haloperidol for Agitation

52 sources44 named agencies26 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 5 mg across 52 published protocols, with the middle half between 3.25 and 5.

52sources

44named agencies

26states

92entries

43named here

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

Adultmg

52sources

44named agencies

26states

74entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	3.25	5	5	7.5

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IM 58%
IV 14%
IV/IM 14%
IV/IO 5%
IV/IO/IM 5%
IV/IM/SQ 3%
PO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=52 protocols from 44 named agencies / 26 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

8sources

8named agencies

7states

8entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	1	2.25	2.5	5

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 8 named agencies / 7 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

8sources

7named agencies

6states

9entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.02	0.0438	0.05	0.1	0.15

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

IM 56%
IV/IM 22%
IV/IO/IM 22%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 7 named agencies / 6 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page43

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.