Indication

Lorazepam for Agitation

1,335 under review50 sources47 named agencies25 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 1.25 mg across 47 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.

50sources

47named agencies

25states

90entries

46named here

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

Adultmg

47sources

44named agencies

24states

59entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1.25	2	2.6

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/IM 24%
IV/IO 19%
IM 15%
IV 10%
IV/IO/IM 10%
IV/IM/IN 3%
IV/IM/SQ 3%
IV/IN 3%
IV/IO/IM/IN 3%
IV/IO/IN 3%
PO 3%
IN 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=47 protocols from 44 named agencies / 24 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

17sources

15named agencies

9states

24entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.05	0.05	0.1	0.1

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

IM 33%
IV/IO 29%
IV/IM 13%
IV/IO/IM 13%
IV 4%
IV/IN 4%
IV/IO/IN 4%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=17 protocols from 15 named agencies / 9 states, updated Sep 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources

4named agencies

3states

6entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IM 67%
IV/IO 33%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=4 protocols from 4 named agencies / 3 states, updated Sep 2026

Pediatricmg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

PO/SL 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.