Retreating without taking the patient with you when a scene turns dangerous is:

A) Unacceptable and abandonment
B) Acceptable and not abandonment
C) Unethical but also not abandonment
D) Possibly abandonment but acceptable


Answer: B) Acceptable and not abandonment

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