I was working on the next's months scheduling when there was an assist request near the elevator lobby on the 5th floor. We had an officer close by who was there within a minute. The next closest officer was about 5 minutes away dealing with other things. One minute later, the open mic button was pushed and we heard screams for help from my officer and a lot of swearing and yelling. I left the office and ran towards the unit/elevator lobby. Upon arrival, I saw my officer and the patient covered in blood, rolling on the floor. I had my gloves on jumped in and pinned the guys other hand and shoulder down while the first officer did the same. The patient was strong as an ox and I remember my officer during the stabilization period yell,
"The fucker has AIDS. The fucker has AIDS. !"
I can't tell you the fear and panic that went through me at that exact moment. Thankfully, I had no open cuts, but my officer was not so lucky. He had cuts and bite marks all over him. I then proceeded to put in a rear naked chock on the guy because of the extreme safety hazard. He almost bit me, but didn't. I didn't choke him out, just held on until the fight in him left.
My officer maintained position until other security and staff responded. He was put into 4 pt leather restraints and wheeled into seclusion. My first officer sat down and began bawling - he was covered in blood, just covered in it - with cuts everywhere.
I confirmed with staff who said the patient was indeed HIV positive. The officer was immediately rushed to the ER where he went through post-infection procedures. He didn't find out until 3 months later if he was in the clear due to the disease's open window time period. Thankfully, the patient had been taking his meds properly and it was determined that infection was not a possibility.
