Lidocaine for VF / pulseless VT
Adult weight-based dosing has a median of 1 mg/kg across 77 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.
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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 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 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
| 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 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
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 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
- 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.
- Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Ambulance Victoria
- Anderson County Emergency Medical Services
- Annaville Fire Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Arlington EMS System
- Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Howard Fire Rescue, & De Pere Fire Rescue
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Berrien County Medical Control Authority
- Bonner County Emergency Medical Services
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brilliant Fire Department
- Brunswick County EMS
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Central California Emergency Medical Services
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- City of Austin / Austin-Travis County EMS System
- County of San Diego Emergency Medical Services
- Craven, Jones, Pamlico Counties EMS
- Davidson County Emergency Services
- DC Fire and EMS
- Department of Aviation Medicine
- Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
- FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Franklin County Emergency Medical Services
- Galveston Area Ambulance Authority
- Giles County EMS
- Grant County
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Illinois Region VIII Emergency Medical Services
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Kern County Public Health
- La Porte County Emergency Medical Service
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Louisville Metro EMS
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- Miramar Fire Rescue Department
- Nash County Emergency Medical Services
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New Mexico EMS Bureau
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NC OEMS)
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Norton Sound Health Corporation
- OCEMS
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Richland County Emergency Medical Services
- Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division
- Salem Fire Department
- Salt Lake County EMS
- South Plains Emergency Medical Services
- Spokane County EMS
- Stanly County EMS
- State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services
- State of Nebraska
- Susquehanna Regional EMS
- The Williamson County EMS System
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Thurston County Medic One
- Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service
- Tri County Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
- Vermont Department of Health
- West Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services
- Wilson County Emergency Management Agency