Indication

Ibuprofen for Mild to moderate pain

66 sources54 named agencies29 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 400 mg across 61 published protocols, with the middle half between 400 and 400.

66sources

54named agencies

29states

124entries

53named here

Includes 2 agencies 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

61sources

50named agencies

28states

63entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
200	400	400	400	800

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

Routes

PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=61 protocols from 50 named agencies / 28 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

54sources

42named agencies

24states

55entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
5	10	10	10	10

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

PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=54 protocols from 42 named agencies / 24 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources

4named agencies

3states

5entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
10	10	10	10	10

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

PO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

PediatricmL

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

PO 100%

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

Named agencies with a page53

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