US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for Wide-complex tachycardia

1,335 under review60 sources55 named agencies25 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 54 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.

60sources
55named agencies
25states
100entries
52named 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

54sources
50named agencies
25states
59entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.51111.5

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/IO 78%
  • IV 20%
  • IO 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=54 protocols from 50 named agencies / 25 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

32sources
28named agencies
19states
33entries
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/IO 82%
  • IV 15%
  • IO 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=32 protocols from 28 named agencies / 19 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

6sources
5named agencies
4states
7entries
1kept as written
minp25medianp75max
100100100100100

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

1sources
1named agencies
0states
1entries
3kept 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 / 0 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.