A 75-year-old male with a terminal illness has died at home. As you and your partner enter the residence, a family member becomes verbally abusive, pushes you, and states that you took too long to get there. You should .

retreat and notify law enforcement personnel

retreat  from the scene and alert the security personnel

Explanation:

As part of the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training procedures, scene safety is very important . The technician should be at alert to detect  pre-attack indicators, and escape   techniques   in case of treat to life.

 Therefore in this present scenario, since EMT are not armed, the best safety procedure is to retreat and call the police, because the pain of loss which transfer to aggression  may lead to infliction of injury on the officers, or  to death.,