Drug

Lidocaine in US EMS protocols

1,335 under review167 sources149 named agencies42 statesas of 2026-09-20

167 published protocols carry Lidocaine across 11 indications, from 149 named agencies in 42 states.

167protocols

149named agencies

42states

11indications

687dose entries

97% of 687machine-parsed

1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.

Indications11

Only groups with at least 5 sources publish a distribution; thinner groups show their count alone.

Indication	Population	Sources	Median	Middle half	Unit
Cardiac arrest	Adult, weight-based	34	1	1–1.5	mg/kg
Cardiac arrest	Pediatric, weight-based	24	1	1–1	mg/kg
Other	Adult	40	40	20–40	mg
Other	Adult, weight-based	48	1	0.75–1	mg/kg
Other	Pediatric, weight-based	48	0.5	0.5–1	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult	59	40	20–40	mg
Mild to moderate pain	Adult, weight-based	12	0.5	0.5–1	mg/kg
Mild to moderate pain	Pediatric, weight-based	52	0.5	0.5–0.5	mg/kg
RSI induction	Adult, weight-based	6	1	1–1	mg/kg
RSI induction	Pediatric, weight-based	7	1	1–1.25	mg/kg
Narrow-complex tachycardia	Adult, weight-based	17	1	1–1	mg/kg
Narrow-complex tachycardia	Pediatric, weight-based	10	1	1–1	mg/kg
Wide-complex tachycardia	Adult	6	100	100–100	mg
Wide-complex tachycardia	Adult, weight-based	54	1	1–1	mg/kg
Wide-complex tachycardia	Pediatric, weight-based	32	1	1–1	mg/kg
VF / pulseless VT	Adult	8	100	100–100	mg
VF / pulseless VT	Adult, weight-based	66	1	1–1.5	mg/kg
VF / pulseless VT	Pediatric, weight-based	54	1	1–1	mg/kg

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

4 more agencies are counted but have too little published detail for a page yet.