US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lidocaine for VF / pulseless VT

1,335 under review74 sources69 named agencies29 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 66 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.

74sources
69named agencies
29states
151entries
68named 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

66sources
63named agencies
28states
80entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.75111.51.5

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 88%
  • IV 9%
  • IV/IO/ET 3%
  • ET 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=66 protocols from 63 named agencies / 28 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

54sources
51named agencies
24states
62entries
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/IO 81%
  • IV 11%
  • IV/IO/ET 5%
  • ET 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=54 protocols from 51 named agencies / 24 states, updated Sep 2026

Adultmg

8sources
6named agencies
6states
9entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
100100100100150

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 89%
  • IV 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 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.