Patient support usable with bariatric patients

A patient support comprising:

• a patient support deck, the patient support deck having a pivotal head deck section;
• at least one guard structure mounted relative to the patient support deck, the guard structure movable from a raised position to one or more lowered positions relative to the patient support deck;
• a CPR release operable to lower the head deck section to place the patient support in an emergency state;
• a latch operable to lock the position of the guard structure in the raised position;
• and
• the CPR release further operable to release the latch to allow the guard rail structure lower or be lowered from the raised position.