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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