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Indication

Lidocaine for VF / pulseless VT

90 sources78 named agencies39 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 77 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.

90sources
78named agencies
39states
191entries
77named here

Includes 1 agency outside the US.

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

77sources
67named agencies
35states
97entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
0.75111.51.5

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 81%
  • IV 16%
  • ET 2%
  • IV/IO/ET 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=77 protocols from 67 named agencies / 35 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

71sources
62named agencies
34states
85entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
11111.5

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 78%
  • IV 15%
  • ET 4%
  • IV/IO/ET 2%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=71 protocols from 62 named agencies / 34 states, updated Oct 2026

Adultmg

8sources
6named agencies
8states
9entries
0kept as written
minp25medianp75max
100100100100100

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

Routes

  • IV/IO 89%
  • IV 11%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 6 named agencies / 8 states, updated Oct 2026

Named agencies with a page77

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

Training reference compiled from published protocols. Not a clinical order. Verify with your agency and medical director.