Indication

Lorazepam for Agitation

59 sources52 named agencies29 statesas of 2026-10-31

Adult dosing has a median of 1.125 mg across 54 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.

59sources

52named agencies

29states

109entries

52named here

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

Adultmg

54sources

48named agencies

27states

72entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.5	1	1.125	2	2.4

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/IM 25%
IV/IO 18%
IM 14%
IV 13%
IV/IO/IM 13%
IV/IM/IN 4%
IV/IO/IN 4%
IV/IM/SQ 3%
PO 3%
IN 1%
IV/IN 1%
IV/IO/IM/IN 1%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=54 protocols from 48 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026

Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg

24sources

19named agencies

14states

31entries

0kept as written

min	p25	median	p75	max
0.05	0.05	0.05	0.0813	0.1

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/IO 26%
IM 23%
IV/IO/IM 23%
IV/IM 19%
IV/IN 3%
IV/IO/IM/IN 3%
IV/IO/IN 3%

United States EMS Protocol Census, n=24 protocols from 19 named agencies / 14 states, updated Oct 2026

Adult, weight-basedmg/kg

4sources

3named agencies

3states

5entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO 40%
IM 20%
IV 20%
IV/IO/IM 20%

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

Pediatricmg

1sources

1named agencies

1states

1entries

0kept as written

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

Routes

IV/IO/IM/IN 100%

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

Named agencies with a page52

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