Indication

Magnesium Sulfate for Cardiac arrest

16 sources15 named agencies14 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 14 published protocols, with the middle half between 2000 and 2000.

16sources

15named agencies

14states

27entries

15named here

Includes 1 agency 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

14sources

14named agencies

12states

14entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2000	2000	2000	2000	2000

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 93%
IV 7%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=14 protocols from 14 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

10sources

9named agencies

10states

10entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
25	28.75	50	50	50

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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 9 named agencies / 10 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

2sources

2named agencies

2states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 100%

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

1sources

0named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 0 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page15

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