Norepinephrine for Sepsis
Adult dosing has a median of 0.002 mg across 29 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.002 and 0.002.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 |
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 58%
- IV/IO 42%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=29 protocols from 22 named agencies / 15 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| 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 58%
- IV 42%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=19 protocols from 16 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| 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 70%
- IV 30%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 7 named agencies / 9 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page29
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Bexar County ESD 4 Fire Rescue
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Dorchester County EMS
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Montana Board of Medical Examiners
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Ocala/Marion County/The Villages Public Safety EMS
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Region 4 EMS
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- UNM EMS Consortium
- Vermont Department of Health
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services