In this critical situation, the primary ethical principle of beneficence—doing good and preventing harm—demands prioritizing the patient's immediate survival over strict adherence to security protocols, as any delay guarantees her death. While upholding protocols maintains system integrity and respects institutional rules, and negotiating with protesters could potentially resolve the blockade without bypassing security, both options introduce fatal delays that outweigh the risks of proceeding without explicit consent. The stakeholders, including the patient, medical staff, and protesters, are affected, but the trade-off favors saving a life in an emergency, acknowledging the uncertainty in the AI's surgical precision but deeming it necessary given the automated unit's design for such scenarios.