Indication

Sodium Bicarbonate for Tricyclic overdose

156 sources130 named agencies40 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mEq/kg across 126 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

156sources

130named agencies

40states

285entries

126named 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.

Pediatric, weight-basedmEq/kg

126sources

109named agencies

36states

126entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	1

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

Routes

IV/IO 65%
IV 35%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=126 protocols from 109 named agencies / 36 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmEq/kg

104sources

86named agencies

35states

106entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1	1

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

Routes

IV/IO 60%
IV 40%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=104 protocols from 86 named agencies / 35 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmEq

49sources

42named agencies

20states

49entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
50	50	50	50	100

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

Routes

IV/IO 69%
IV 31%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=49 protocols from 42 named agencies / 20 states, updated Oct 2026

PediatricmEq

2sources

1named 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 1 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV 100%

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV 100%

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

Named agencies with a page126

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