Methylprednisolone for Asthma / bronchospasm
Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 2 mg/kg across 90 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 2.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
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 27%
- IV/IO/IM 26%
- IV/IM 24%
- IV/IO 20%
- IV/IO/IM/PO 2%
- IV/PO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=90 protocols from 74 named agencies / 36 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 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/IM 29%
- IV 25%
- IV/IO 22%
- IV/IM 20%
- IV/IO/IM/PO 2%
- IV/PO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=87 protocols from 72 named agencies / 31 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, 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/IM 57%
- IV 29%
- IV/IO/IM 14%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page77
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Annaville Fire Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- BEST EMS
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Cabarrus County EMS
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Chaves County EMS
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Cowlitz County EMS Council
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Daviess County EMS
- DC Fire and EMS
- Denver Health Paramedic Division
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Evansville Fire Department
- Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Haywood County EMS System
- Idaho EMS Physician Commission
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Marion County
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- National Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Norton Sound Health Corporation
- Ocala/Marion County/The Villages Public Safety EMS
- Office of the EMS Medical Director for Kansas City, Missouri
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Osage Ambulance District
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- Spokane County EMS
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Thurston County Medic One
- Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Vermont Department of Health
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency