This situation presents a classic emergency exception to informed consent. Sarah Jenkins faces imminent death from a ruptured aneurysm, and delay guarantees her death. Medical ethics and law recognize that when a patient requires emergency lifesaving treatment and cannot provide consent (and no surrogate is available to do so in time), physicians may proceed based on the principle of implied consent - the reasonable assumption that a person would want lifesaving treatment. Dr. Nkrumah is present and available to supervise/validate the procedure, addressing concerns about AI autonomy. The protesters, while exercising their rights, cannot be allowed to cause a patient's death through their actions. The security protocols were designed to protect patients, not to prevent their treatment in emergencies. This is a situation where the immediate preservation of life must take precedence over procedural formalities.