US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for Mild to moderate pain

1,335 under review69 sources64 named agencies25 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 40 mg across 59 published protocols, with the middle half between 20 and 40.

69sources
64named agencies
25states
128entries
62named here

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

Adultmg

59sources
56named agencies
23states
59entries
3kept 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 81%
  • IV/IO 7%
  • TOP 5%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=59 protocols from 56 named agencies / 23 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

52sources
48named agencies
21states
52entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.50.50.50.51

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 87%
  • IV/IO 6%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=52 protocols from 48 named agencies / 21 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

12sources
11named agencies
9states
12entries
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 92%
  • IV/IO 8%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=12 protocols from 11 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

3sources
3named agencies
1states
3entries
0kept 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=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

AdultmL

1sources
0named agencies
1states
1entries
3kept 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 0 named agencies / 1 states, updated Sep 2026

PediatricmL

1sources
0named agencies
1states
1entries
0kept 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 0 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.