Succinylcholine for Other
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1.5 mg/kg across 30 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.
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.
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 4 |
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 62%
- IV 19%
- IM 8%
- IV/IO/IM 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=30 protocols from 24 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 2.25 |
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 67%
- IV 19%
- IM 4%
- IV/IO/IM 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=21 protocols from 18 named agencies / 13 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IO 50%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page24
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.
- 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
- Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Howard Fire Rescue, & De Pere Fire Rescue
- BC Emergency Health Services
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Charleston County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Dane County EMS System
- East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- McKinney Fire Department
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Osage Ambulance District
- Region 1 Emergency Medical Services
- Region One Metropolitan Ambulance Council
- South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) Division of EMS
- Spokane County EMS
- State of Nebraska