Lorazepam for Procedural sedation
Adult dosing has a median of 1 mg across 34 published protocols, with the middle half between 1 and 2.
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 | 2 | 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/IO 29%
- IV/IO/IM 20%
- IM 18%
- IV 14%
- IV/IM 10%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 6%
- IM/IN 2%
- IV/IM/IN 2%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=34 protocols from 26 named agencies / 22 states, updated Oct 2026
Pediatric, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 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 31%
- IM 21%
- IV 18%
- IV/IO/IM 15%
- IV/IM 5%
- IV/IO/IM/IN 5%
- IM/IN 3%
- IV/IM/IN 3%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=26 protocols from 20 named agencies / 17 states, updated Oct 2026
Adult, weight-basedmg/kg
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 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 50%
- IV/IO/IM 33%
- IV/IO 17%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=5 protocols from 4 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
Named agencies with a page29
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
- Boulder County Protocol Committee
- Chaves County EMS
- Chelan/Douglas/Okanogan/Grant County
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services
- Dorchester County EMS
- El Campo Emergency Medical Service
- Idaho EMS Physician Commission
- Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
- Lake County Emergency Medical System
- Laurens County Emergency Medical Services
- Lincoln County EMS
- MEP (Medical Emergency Partnership) in partnership with SSM Health
- Nevada EMS Program
- New Jersey Department of Health
- North Central Oregon EMS Agencies
- Northwest Region Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Care Council
- Old Dominion EMS Alliance, Inc.
- Osage Ambulance District
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
- Platte Valley Ambulance Service
- Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee of New York City
- Rhode Island Department of Health – Center for Emergency Medical Services
- Routt County EMS
- Salem Fire Department
- Stevens County Emergency Medical Services
- Three Rivers Ambulance Authority & Fort Wayne Fire Department
- Vermont Department of Health