Lorazepam for Procedural sedation
Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 31 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.
1,335 rows are under review across the census and excluded from every number on this page. How that works.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
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 28%
- IM 26%
- IV 14%
- IV/IO/IM 8%
- IV/IM 6%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 6%
- IM/IN 4%
- IV/IM/IN 4%
- IV/IO/IM/PR 2%
- IV/IO/IN 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=31 protocols from 25 named agencies / 17 states, updated Sep 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 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 26%
- IV/IO 26%
- IV 22%
- IV/IM/IN 7%
- IV/IO/IM 7%
- IV/IM 4%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 4%
- IV/IO/IM/PR 4%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=20 protocols from 16 named agencies / 12 states, updated Sep 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.0475 | 0.0938 | 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
- IV 43%
- IV/IO 43%
- IM 14%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 5 named agencies / 4 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.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties EMS
- Boulder County EMS
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Denver Metro EMS Medical Directors
- Dorchester County EMS
- Idaho EMS Physician Commission
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Madison Fire Department
- MEP (In partnership with SSM Health)
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Metro Regional EMS
- Metro Regional EMS Consortium
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Ocala/Marion County Fire Rescue
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Pierce County Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Vermont Department of Health
- Vermont Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services