6. Your patient is critical , and you cannot secure the airway . Medical direction tells you to divert because they have no ICU beds . You repeat the urgency of your patient's condition and are still told to divert . You elect to override the physician's order and transport to that hospital . Can you justify disobeying the physician's order ?

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6. Your patient is critical , and you cannot secure the airway . Medical direction tells you to divert because they have no ICU beds . You repeat the urgency of your patient's condition and are still told to divert . You elect to override the physician's order and transport to that hospital . Can you justify disobeying the physician's order ?
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