Metoclopramide for Nausea / vomiting
Adult dosing has a median of 10 mg across 31 published protocols, with the middle half between 5 and 10.
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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/IM 31%
- IV 19%
- IV/IO 19%
- IM 14%
- IV/IO/IM 7%
- IV/IM/ODT 2%
- IV/IM/PO 2%
- PO 2%
- SQ 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=31 protocols from 22 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
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 25%
- IV/IM 19%
- IV/IO/IM 19%
- IM 13%
- IV/IO 13%
- IV/IM/ODT 6%
- PO 6%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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/IM 67%
- IM 17%
- IV/IO 17%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 5 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page21
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- BC Emergency Health Services
- BEST EMS
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Clark County EMS System
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Reno County Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- State of Nebraska
- Vermont Department of Health