Medication
Oral Glucose in US EMS protocols
140protocols
120named agencies
43states and regions
4indications
321dose entries
100% of 321machine-parsed
Includes 1 agency outside the US.
| Indication | Spread: box is the middle half, dot means most agree | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoglycemia Adult | Most use 15000 mg range 10000 to 30000 mg, n=129 | |
| Pediatric | 5000 to 30000 mg median 15000, n=99 | |
| Pediatric, weight-based | Most use 500 mg/kg matches NASEMSO range 300 to 1000 mg/kg, n=18 | |
| Other Adult | Most use 15000 mg range 10000 to 25000 mg, n=18 | |
| Pediatric | 7500 to 15000 mg median 15000, n=11 | |
| Pediatric, weight-based | 200 to 500 mg/kg median 400, n=6 |
Too few protocols to chart yet (protocols in brackets): Hypothermia (1), Seizure (1)
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Named agencies with a page117
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
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Annaville Fire Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Arlington EMS System
- Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Howard Fire Rescue, & De Pere Fire Rescue
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Berkeley County EMS
- Bexar County ESD 4 Fire Rescue
- Bonner County Emergency Medical Services
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brownsville Rural Fire District, Halsey-Shedd Fire Protection District, Jefferson Fire District, Lebanon Fire District, Scio Fire District & Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Charleston County EMS
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- Clark County EMS System
- Clark County EMS (Washington)
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
- Dane County EMS System
- DC Fire and EMS
- Delaware Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Denver Health Paramedic Division
- Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles
- Dorchester County EMS
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- El Paso County Emergency Services District #2
- Escambia County Emergency Medical Services
- Evansville Fire Department
- Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue
- Fort Worth Regional EMS System
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Giles County EMS
- Hays County ESD 9 EMS
- Hunt County EMS
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Iowa County Ambulance Service
- Kern County Public Health
- Kosciusko County Paramedics
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Lane County Medical Control Board
- Louisville Metro EMS
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Marion County
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- Montgomery County Hospital District
- Mountain West Ambulance
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Ocala/Marion County/The Villages Public Safety EMS
- OCEMS
- Okaloosa County EMS
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Osage Ambulance District
- Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue
- Pettis County Ambulance District
- Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Queensland Ambulance Service
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Region 4 EMS
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council (MAC)
- Region X EMS
- REMSA
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Reno County Emergency Medical Services
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- County of Riverside EMS Agency
- Routt County EMS
- Salem Fire Department
- Salt Lake County EMS
- Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
- Sierra – Sacramento Valley EMS Agency
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Southern Fox Valley EMS System
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services & Injury Prevention System Branch
- State of Nebraska
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- The Williamson County EMS System
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.
- UNM EMS Consortium
- Utah Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- UTSW/Parkland BioTel EMS System
- Vermont Department of Health
- Virgin Islands Fire & Emergency Medical Services
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services
- Washington State Department of Health
- Weber County Paramedic Program
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency
- Wilson County ESD #4
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United States EMS Protocol Census, Oral Glucose: n=140 protocols from 120 named agencies / 43 states, as of 2026-10-31