212man,
Sometimes asking a question that one knows the answer to can be so much fun.
I always understood the "Rules" did not apply when engaged in saving lives! I oft times posed some concern about that mindset thinking there had to be a threshold at which risk to crew became excessive.
We have to remember we can only save the ones we can and there shall be occasions that we cannot save everyone. Deciding when that is....and who you can save....or cannot save is the hard bit.