US EMS Protocol Census
Indication

Lorazepam for Procedural sedation

1,335 under review36 sources29 named agencies19 statesas of 2026-09-20

Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 31 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.

36sources
29named agencies
19states
84entries
29named here

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

Adultmg

31sources
25named agencies
17states
50entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.5111.52

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

20sources
16named agencies
12states
27entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.020.050.050.10.1

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

6sources
5named agencies
4states
7entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.020.020.04750.09380.1

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.