Indication

Nitroglycerin for ACS / chest pain

196 sources163 named agencies47 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 0.4 mg across 194 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.4 and 0.4.

196sources

163named agencies

47states

227entries

159named 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

194sources

161named agencies

47states

201entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	1

Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

SL 99%
SL/TOP 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=194 protocols from 161 named agencies / 47 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultinch

22sources

18named agencies

14states

22entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	1

Values in inch. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.

Routes

TOP 50%
TD 46%
TD/TOP 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=22 protocols from 18 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

2sources

0named agencies

2states

2entries

0kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

IV 50%
IV/IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=2 protocols from 0 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Adulttablet

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.

Routes

SL 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

1sources

0named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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 0 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page159

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