Indication

Magnesium Sulfate for VF / pulseless VT

136 sources112 named agencies40 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 2000 mg across 130 published protocols, with the middle half between 1625 and 2000.

136sources

112named agencies

40states

275entries

109named here

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

Adultmg

130sources

109named agencies

40states

156entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1000	1625	2000	2000	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 73%
IV 27%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=130 protocols from 109 named agencies / 40 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

97sources

76named agencies

36states

111entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
20	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 80%
IV 20%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=97 protocols from 76 named agencies / 36 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

5sources

5named agencies

4states

5entries

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 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources

3named agencies

2states

3entries

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=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page109

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