Indication

Lidocaine for Other

144 sources121 named agencies45 statesas of 2026-10-31

Pediatric weight-based dosing has a median of 0.5 mg/kg across 109 published protocols, with the middle half between 0.5 and 1.

144sources

121named agencies

45states

436entries

120named here

Includes 3 agencies outside the US.

Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

109sources

91named agencies

37states

164entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.25	0.5	0.5	1	1.5

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

Routes

IO 53%
IV/IO 32%
IV 9%
IV/IO/ET 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=109 protocols from 91 named agencies / 37 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

93sources

79named agencies

39states

148entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1	1.25	3

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

Routes

IV/IO 51%
IV 28%
IO 16%
ET 3%
IV/IO/ET 1%
SQ 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=93 protocols from 79 named agencies / 39 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

82sources

72named agencies

33states

95entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
20	20	40	40	100

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

Routes

IO 83%
IV/IO 7%
IV 3%
NEB 2%
IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=82 protocols from 72 named agencies / 33 states, updated Oct 2026

AdultmL

9sources

6named agencies

6states

9entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
2	2	2.5	4	5

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

Routes

IO 56%
IN 11%
TOP 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=9 protocols from 6 named agencies / 6 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricmg

5sources

3named agencies

4states

12entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
8.375	10	10	10	20

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

Routes

IO 58%
IV/IO 25%
SQ 17%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 3 named agencies / 4 states, updated Oct 2026

PediatricmL

3sources

3named agencies

2states

4entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IO 50%
IM 25%
IV/IO 25%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 2 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultdrop

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

TOP 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatricdrop

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

TOP 100%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmL/kg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

2entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IO 50%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page120

Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.