Hydromorphone for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 0.5 mg across 13 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.5 and 0.5.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 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 49%
- IV/IM 14%
- IV/IO/IM 11%
- IV/IO 8%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 8%
- IV/IM/SQ 5%
- IM 3%
- IV/IO/IN 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 10 named agencies / 8 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.005 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.015 |
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 33%
- IV/IO 27%
- IV 20%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 7%
- IV/IO/IN 7%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 9 named agencies / 8 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/IO 50%
- IV/IO/IM 50%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page14
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Brunswick County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Lane County Medical Control Board
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Portland Metro Five County Emergency Medical System
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Nebraska