This is a classic "life over protocol" emergency situation. The primary ethical obligation in healthcare is to preserve life when immediate action is required. Juan Martinez will die without immediate surgery, creating a moral imperative that supersedes normal consent and protocol requirements. While security protocols exist for good reasons, they are meant to enhance patient safety, not guarantee patient death. Dr. Chen is physically present and can supervise, providing medical oversight even if she cannot directly access controls. The protesters, however well-intentioned, are creating a lethal delay. In emergency medicine, implied consent applies when a patient cannot consent and delay would cause serious harm or death. While negotiation might eventually work, "delaying the surgery guarantees death" - making negotiation an unacceptable risk when life-saving capability exists.