Morphine for ACS / chest pain
Adult dosing has a median of 2 mg across 32 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.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 53%
- IV/IO 34%
- IV/IO/IM 13%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 27 named agencies / 18 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 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 40%
- IV/IM 20%
- IV/IO 20%
- IV/IO/IM 20%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 1 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IO/IM 67%
- IV 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page28
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
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- Chaves County EMS
- DC Fire and EMS
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Haywood County EMS System
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- OCEMS
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Pend Oreille County Emergency Medical Services
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Santa Cruz County EMS Agency
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency