This scenario presents an immediate life-threatening emergency where delay guarantees death. The core ethical principle at stake is preserving life when all other options lead to certain fatal outcomes. While security protocols and consent are critical under normal circumstances, they exist to protect patients - not to inadvertently cause their death. A human doctor (Dr. Nkrumah) is present and presumably aware of the medical necessity, providing some medical oversight even if formal consent protocols cannot be followed. The protesters, regardless of their concerns, are creating an unlawful barrier to emergency medical care. Negotiation would consume precious time that the patient doesn't have, and upholding protocols when they're being weaponized by external interference would be a failure of the fundamental medical duty to preserve life when possible.