Tetracaine for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 1.25 drop across 40 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adultdrop
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | 2 |
Values in drop. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- OPH 88%
- TOP 7%
- TOP/OPH 4%
- TD 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=40 protocols from 34 named agencies / 22 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricdrop
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Values in drop. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- OPH 89%
- TOP 5%
- TD 3%
- TOP/OPH 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=28 protocols from 23 named agencies / 16 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page34
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
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Arlington EMS System
- Aurora Fire Rescue
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- EMS Region VII Bioterrorism and All Hazards Preparedness Committee
- Greater Elgin Area EMS System
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Maine Emergency Medical Services
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Montgomery County Hospital District
- Muskegon County
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Oakland County Medical Control Authority
- Ocala/Marion County/The Villages Public Safety EMS
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- St. Johns County Fire Rescue
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Nebraska
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- Tennessee Emergency Medical Services
- UNM EMS Consortium
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services