Indication

Norepinephrine for Hypotension / shock

113 sources89 named agencies35 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 0.004 mg across 88 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.005.

113sources

89named agencies

35states

198entries

87named here

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

88sources

71named agencies

24states

105entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.002	0.002	0.004	0.005	0.01

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 63%
IV 36%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=88 protocols from 71 named agencies / 24 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

62sources

48named agencies

26states

71entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

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 66%
IV 31%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=62 protocols from 48 named agencies / 26 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

16sources

11named agencies

12states

18entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

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 78%
IV 22%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=16 protocols from 11 named agencies / 12 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

4sources

4named agencies

4states

4entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV 75%
IV/IO 25%

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

Named agencies with a page87

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