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something I'd like to add is if you are there and the alarms go off and you go into lockdown or are evacuated try to stay calm. They do it to make sure you are safe from the patient who is getting violent. Although the nurses will support you if you get upset/scared/anxious/etc they will need to focus most of their attention on keeping you physically safe and organizing the security guards and/or police.
From experience this has happened to me numerous times and the first few times I had panic attacks and really freaked out, had to be sedated and put on constant supervision. But after I realized that as soon as the security guards were there or the police that it was safe and they weren't going to let that patient hurt us I was okay. They only times I get that bad now is when I am in seclusion with the person who is loosing it and there's no where to hide or when the person is right in my face throwing things like chair near me.
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