Lidocaine for RSI induction
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 6 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 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
- IV/IO 67%
- IV 33%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=6 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 60%
- IV/IO 40%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Adultmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV 100%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=1 protocols from 1 named agencies / 1 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page6
Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.