US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for Other

1,335 under review81 sources71 named agencies33 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 48 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.75 and 1.

81sources
71named agencies
33states
174entries
70named here

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

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

48sources
43named agencies
22states
62entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.75112.25

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 39%
  • IV 32%
  • IO 21%
  • ET 2%
  • IM 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 43 named agencies / 22 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

48sources
42named agencies
23states
57entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.50.511.5

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

Routes

  • IO 49%
  • IV/IO 37%
  • IV 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=48 protocols from 42 named agencies / 23 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

40sources
36named agencies
23states
45entries
5kept as written
minp25medianp75max
20204040100

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

Routes

  • IO 76%
  • IV/IO 18%
  • IV 2%
  • NEB 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=40 protocols from 36 named agencies / 23 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

4sources
2named agencies
3states
4entries
5kept as written

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

Routes

  • IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 2 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IO 67%
  • SQ 33%

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

Adultdrop

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
5kept as written

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

Routes

  • TOP 100%

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

Pediatricdrop

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
2kept as written

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

Routes

  • TOP 100%

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

PediatricmL

1sources
1named agencies
1states
1entries
2kept as written

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

Routes

  • IO 100%

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

Named agencies

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