US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for Narrow-complex tachycardia

1,335 under review18 sources16 named agencies11 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 17 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

18sources
16named agencies
11states
28entries
16named 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

17sources
15named agencies
10states
17entries
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 53%
  • IV/IO 47%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 15 named agencies / 10 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

10sources
10named agencies
4states
10entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11111

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 70%
  • IV/IO 30%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=10 protocols from 10 named agencies / 4 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

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