Lorazepam for Other
Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 52 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 1.5.
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
Adultmg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 |
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 21%
- IV/IO/IM 16%
- IV/IO 15%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 14%
- IM 12%
- IV/IM 9%
- IV/IM/SQ 3%
- IV/IN 3%
- IV/IO/IN 3%
- IV/IM/IN 2%
- IM/IN 1%
- IM/PR 1%
- IV/IO/IM/IN/BUC 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=52 protocols from 45 named agencies / 29 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 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 25%
- IV/IO/IM 25%
- IM 11%
- IV 11%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 11%
- IV/IM 10%
- IM/IN 1%
- IM/IN/PR 1%
- IV/IM/IN 1%
- IV/IM/PR 1%
- IV/IN 1%
- IV/PO 1%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=41 protocols from 35 named agencies / 27 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
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/IM 39%
- IV/IO 28%
- IV 17%
- IM 11%
- IV/IM 6%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=13 protocols from 11 named agencies / 11 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatricmg
Below 5 sources, so no distribution is published for this group — only the counts above.
Routes
- IV/IO 50%
- IV/IM 25%
- PO 25%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=3 protocols from 3 named agencies / 3 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.
- Ada County-City Emergency Services System
- Adams, Benton, Franklin, Yakima Counties
- Benbrook Fire Department
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Brunswick County EMS
- Calhoun County EMS System
- Campbell County Emergency Medical Service
- Central Arizona Regional EMS
- Chaves County EMS
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Coos County Emergency Medical Services
- Dane County EMS System
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Grant County
- Greenville County Emergency Medical Services
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Lake Emergency Medical System
- Levy County Department of Public Safety
- Lincoln County EMS
- Manatee County Emergency Medical Services
- Marion County
- Mauston Area Ambulance
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- National Emergency Medical Services
- Nebraska Medicine Division of Prehospital and Emergency Medical Services
- New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- Northeast Ohio Regional EMS Protocol Committee
- Northeastern Montana Stat Air Ambulance Cooperative
- Northwest Arkansas Regional EMS
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Norton Sound Health Corporation
- Oklahoma State Department of Health
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Region 4 EMS
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- REMSA
- REMSA Sioux Falls
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- County of Riverside EMS Agency
- Salem Fire Department
- Salt Lake County EMS
- State of Nebraska
- Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service
- Utah Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Vermont Department of Health
- Wake County EMS System
- Washington County Emergency Medical Services
- Weber County Paramedic Program