Ketorolac for Severe pain
Adult dosing has a median of 22.5 mg across 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 30 |
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 34%
- IV 22%
- IV/IM 22%
- IV/IO 15%
- IV/IO/IM 7%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=26 protocols from 22 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5625 | 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 29%
- IV 29%
- IV/IO 18%
- IV/IM 12%
- IV/IO/IM 12%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=12 protocols from 10 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
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=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page22
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brunswick County EMS
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Chaves County EMS
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Daviess County EMS
- Fort Worth Regional EMS System
- Greater Elgin Area EMS System
- Haywood County EMS System
- Lane County Medical Control Board
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Tennessee Emergency Medical Services
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Weber County Paramedic Program