Methylprednisolone for Anaphylaxis
Adult dosing has a median of 125 mg across 73 published protocols, with the middle half between 125 and 125.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62.5 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 125 |
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 32%
- IV/IO/IM 32%
- IV 25%
- IV/IM 11%
- IV/IO/IM/PO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=73 protocols from 60 named agencies / 31 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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 30%
- IV/IO/IM 30%
- IV 22%
- IV/IM 16%
- IV/IO/IM/PO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=67 protocols from 55 named agencies / 31 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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/IM 44%
- IV 22%
- IV/IO 22%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 6 named agencies / 7 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page65
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Arlington EMS System
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Chaves County EMS
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Denver Health Paramedic Division
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Dorchester County EMS
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- Montgomery County Hospital District
- Muskegon County
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- National Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Norton Sound Health Corporation
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Osage Ambulance District
- Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- REMSA
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Reno County Emergency Medical Services
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Stanly County EMS
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Tennessee Emergency Medical Services
- Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency