US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for RSI induction

1,335 under review9 sources8 named agencies8 statesas of 2026-09-20

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 7 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.25.

9sources
8named agencies
8states
17entries
8named here

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

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

7sources
6named agencies
6states
7entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
1111.251.5

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

  • IV 57%
  • IV/IO 43%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=7 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

6sources
5named agencies
6states
6entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11111.5

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

  • IV 50%
  • IV/IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 6 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

2sources
2named agencies
2states
3entries
1kept as written

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

Routes

  • IN 33%
  • IV/IO 33%
  • NEB 33%

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

Pediatricmg

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

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

Routes

  • IV/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.