Indication

Ketamine for Agitation

92 sources74 named agencies36 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 2.75 mg/kg across 78 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 4.

92sources

74named agencies

36states

189entries

72named 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.

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

78sources

65named agencies

35states

119entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	2	2.75	4	5

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 54%
IV/IO 19%
IV 12%
IM/IN 5%
IV/IO/IN 4%
IV/IM 3%
IV/IM/IN 2%
IN 1%
IV/IN 1%
IV/IO/IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=78 protocols from 65 named agencies / 35 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

35sources

28named agencies

19states

54entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	1.5	2	3	4

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 46%
IV/IO 22%
IV 13%
IM/IN 7%
IV/IM 4%
IN 2%
IV/IM/IN 2%
IV/IO/IM/IN 2%
IV/IO/IN 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=35 protocols from 28 named agencies / 19 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

13sources

9named agencies

8states

13entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
100	250	250	300	300

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 92%
IV/IM 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 9 named agencies / 8 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources

2named agencies

3states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IM 67%
IV/IO/IN 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page72

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