Indication

Magnesium Sulfate for Respiratory distress

29 sources24 named agencies16 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 27 published protocols, with the middle half between 2000 and 2000.

29sources

24named agencies

16states

54entries

23named here

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Adultmg

27sources

23named agencies

15states

28entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	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 75%
IV 21%
NEB 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=27 protocols from 23 named agencies / 15 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

22sources

19named agencies

11states

22entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
25	40	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 77%
IV 18%
NEB 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 19 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources

1named agencies

2states

2entries

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=2 protocols from 1 named agencies / 2 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

Named agencies with a page23

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