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Indication

Succinylcholine for RSI induction

75 sources59 named agencies31 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1.5 mg/kg across 72 published protocols, with the middle half between 1.5 and 2.

75sources
59named agencies
31states
136entries
58named here

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

72sources
56named agencies
31states
81entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11.51.522

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 53%
  • IV 40%
  • IV/IO/IM 4%
  • IM 3%
  • IV/IM 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=72 protocols from 56 named agencies / 31 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

48sources
37named agencies
21states
52entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11.5223

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 33%
  • IV/IO/IM 6%
  • IM 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 37 named agencies / 21 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

3sources
3named agencies
2states
3entries
0kept as written

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

Routes

  • IV 67%
  • IV/IO 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page58

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

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.