Ketorolac for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 22.5 mg across 35 published protocols, with the middle half between 15 and 22.5.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 15 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 60 |
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 32%
- IV 29%
- IV/IO 14%
- IV/IM 11%
- IV/IO/IM 11%
- IM/IN/PO 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=35 protocols from 27 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.375 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1 |
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 30%
- IV 27%
- IV/IM 13%
- IV/IO 13%
- IV/IO/IM 13%
- IM/IN/PO 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=18 protocols from 15 named agencies / 16 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IM 33%
- IV 33%
- IV/IM 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page29
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Brownsville Rural Fire District, Halsey-Shedd Fire Protection District, Jefferson Fire District, Lebanon Fire District, Scio Fire District & Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District
- Charleston County EMS
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Giles County EMS
- Grant County
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Iowa County Ambulance Service
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Okaloosa County EMS
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- County of Riverside EMS Agency
- Salt Lake County EMS
- Sierra – Sacramento Valley EMS Agency
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Nebraska
- Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service