Indication

Ketorolac for Mild to moderate pain

106 sources83 named agencies39 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 22.5 mg across 104 published protocols, with the middle half between 15 and 22.5.

106sources

83named agencies

39states

267entries

81named 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.

Adultmg

104sources

81named agencies

38states

169entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
10	15	22.5	22.5	45

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 35%
IV 25%
IV/IM 18%
IV/IO 13%
IV/IO/IM 8%
IM/IN/PO 1%
IV/IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=104 protocols from 81 named agencies / 38 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

62sources

50named agencies

27states

93entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.25	0.5	0.5	0.5	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 32%
IV 28%
IV/IM 18%
IV/IO 11%
IV/IO/IM 10%
IM/IN/PO 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=62 protocols from 50 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources

2named agencies

2states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IM 33%
IV/IO 33%
IV/IO/IM 33%

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

Pediatricmg

2sources

2named agencies

1states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IM 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 2 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page81

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