Indication

Ketamine for Other

103 sources84 named agencies34 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1.5 mg/kg across 92 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.

103sources

84named agencies

34states

414entries

82named 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

92sources

74named agencies

32states

213entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1.5	2	3

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 47%
IV 25%
IM 9%
IM/IN 3%
IN 2%
IV/IM 2%
IV/IM/IN 2%
IV/IO/IM 2%
IV/IO/IN 1%
IV/IN 1%
IV/IO/IM/IN 1%
IN/NEB 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=92 protocols from 74 named agencies / 32 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

70sources

59named agencies

26states

134entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.4	1	1.1	2	3

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 43%
IM 16%
IV 16%
IM/IN 4%
IN 4%
IV/IM/IN 3%
IV/IM 2%
IV/IO/IM/IN 2%
IV/IN 2%
IV/IO/IM 2%
IN/NEB 1%
IV/IO/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=70 protocols from 59 named agencies / 26 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

19sources

18named agencies

13states

55entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
25	38.75	50	87.5	150

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/IO 31%
IM 13%
IV 7%
IM/IN 6%
IV/IO/IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 18 named agencies / 13 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

4sources

4named agencies

3states

12entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM/IN 17%
IM 8%
IV 8%

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

Named agencies with a page82

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