Midazolam for Post-intubation sedation
Adult dosing has a median of 2.5 mg across 43 published protocols, with the middle half between 2 and 3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 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/IO 49%
- IV 26%
- IV/IO/IM 11%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 9%
- IM 2%
- IM/IN 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=43 protocols from 39 named agencies / 21 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 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
- IV/IO 50%
- IV 21%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 21%
- IM 3%
- IM/IN 3%
- IV/IO/IM 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=34 protocols from 30 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 39%
- IV 33%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 28%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 13 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
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=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page51
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
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Bonner County Emergency Medical Services
- Brunswick County EMS
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Clark County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Dane County EMS System
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- Dorchester County EMS
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Evansville Fire Department
- Fern Creek Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- Giles County EMS
- Grant County
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Hunt County EMS
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Lincoln County EMS
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Marion County
- McKinney Fire Department
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NC OEMS)
- Nueces County ESD4
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Salem Fire Department
- State of Nebraska
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- The Williamson County EMS System
- Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County ESD #4