Indication

Magnesium Sulfate for Other

129 sources106 named agencies40 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 127 published protocols, with the middle half between 2000 and 3000.

129sources

106named agencies

40states

390entries

105named 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

127sources

104named agencies

40states

273entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	2000	2000	3000	6000

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 50%
IV 47%
IM 3%
IV/IM 1%
IV/IO/IM 0%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=127 protocols from 104 named agencies / 40 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

70sources

58named agencies

33states

106entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
25	25	40	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 64%
IV 36%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=70 protocols from 58 named agencies / 33 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

6sources

6named agencies

6states

7entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2000	2250	3500	4000	4000

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 71%
IV 29%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

3sources

3named agencies

3states

3entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 67%
IV 33%

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

Adult, weight-basedmEq/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 100%

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

Named agencies with a page105

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