Insulin for Hyperkalemia
Adult dosing has a median of 10 unit across 9 published protocols, with the middle half between 10 and 10.
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.
Adultunit
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Values in unit. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IV 89%
- IV/IO 11%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 4 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedunit/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Values in unit/kg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IV 67%
- IV/IO 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 5 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedunit/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV 50%
- IV/IO 50%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 1 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page5
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.