Indication

Midazolam for Agitation

143 sources122 named agencies42 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 3.75 mg across 124 published protocols, with the middle half between 2.5 and 5.

143sources

122named agencies

42states

356entries

118named here

Includes 2 agencies 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

124sources

108named agencies

38states

196entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	2.5	3.75	5	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

IM 24%
IV/IO 13%
IM/IN 11%
IV/IO/IM/IN 11%
IV/IM/IN 10%
IV/IO/IN 8%
IV 7%
IN 6%
IV/IM 5%
IV/IN 3%
IV/IO/IM 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=124 protocols from 108 named agencies / 38 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

79sources

69named agencies

28states

128entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.1	0.1	0.1125	0.3

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

IM 23%
IV/IO 16%
IV/IO/IM/IN 13%
IV/IO/IN 13%
IM/IN 12%
IN 6%
IV/IM 6%
IV/IM/IN 5%
IV 4%
IV/IN 3%
IV/IO/IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=79 protocols from 69 named agencies / 28 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

17sources

13named agencies

15states

25entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.075	0.1	0.1	0.2

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 28%
IM/IN 24%
IV/IO/IM/IN 16%
IM 12%
IV 12%
IV/IM 4%
IV/IM/IN 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 13 named agencies / 15 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

6sources

4named agencies

4states

7entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
1	2.125	2.5	2.5	2.5

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/IN 43%
IM/IN 14%
IV 14%
IV/IM 14%
IV/IO/IM/IN 14%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 4 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page118

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