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Indication

Ketamine for Hyperactive delirium

33 sources29 named agencies15 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 4 mg/kg across 32 published protocols, with the middle half between 3 and 4.

33sources
29named agencies
15states
59entries
27named here

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

32sources
28named agencies
15states
38entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
23445

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 82%
  • IV/IO 8%
  • IV 5%
  • IM/IN 3%
  • IV/IM/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 28 named agencies / 15 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

17sources
16named agencies
7states
20entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1.52345

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 80%
  • IV/IO 10%
  • IM/IN 5%
  • IN 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 16 named agencies / 7 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IM 100%

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

Named agencies with a page27

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

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.