Hydrocortisone for Adrenal crisis
Adult dosing has a median of 100 mg across 27 published protocols, with the middle half between 100 and 100.
Includes 1 agency outside the US.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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/IM 53%
- IV/IM 30%
- IM 10%
- IV 7%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=27 protocols from 26 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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/IM 46%
- IV/IO/IM 42%
- IM 8%
- IV 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 22 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 34 | 37.5 |
Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IV/IO/IM 75%
- IV 25%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IM 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page28
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
- Ambulance Victoria
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Brunswick County EMS
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- DC Fire and EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- McKinney Fire Department
- Mecklenburg EMS Agency
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) / West Michigan Regional MCC
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Muskegon County
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) Division of EMS
- Stanly County EMS
- Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority
- Vermont Department of Health
- Wake County EMS System