Patient handling device including local status indication, one-touch fowler angle adjustment, and power-on alarm configuration

A bed comprising:

• a frame adapted to support a mattress and a patient;
• a plurality of bed components including a deck section supported by said frame, a siderail, a caster brake and a lift assembly to raise said frame;
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• a bed exit system adapted to detect when a patient exits the bed and adapted to issue an alert when the bed exit system is in an armed state and a patient exits the bed, the bed exit system adapted to not issue an alert when the bed exit system is in a disarmed state and the patient exits the bed;
• a controller adapted to detect a state of each of the bed components of said plurality of bed components;
• a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) at a foot end of the bed, a first set of the LEDs adapted to emit light of a first color and a second set of the plurality of LEDs adapted to emit light of a second color different from the first color, the first set of LEDs not including any LEDs from the second set of LEDs;
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• said controller adapted to activate the first set of LEDs to emit light in the first color and not activate the second set of LEDs to emit light in the second color in response to all of the following conditions being true:
• (a) the bed exit system is armed, (b) a first bed component of the plurality of bed components is in a desired first state, and (c) a second component of the plurality of bed components is in a desired second state to thereby provide a unified indication that the bed is in a desired configuration;
• the controller further adapted to not activate the first set of LEDs to emit light in the first color and to activate the second set of LEDs to emit light in the second color in response to any of the following conditions being true:
• (d) the bed exit system is disarmed, (e) the first component is not in the desired first state, or (f) the second component is not in the desired second state, to thereby provide a unified indication that the bed is not in a desired configuration.