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A patient support apparatus includes a base, a frame coupled to the base, and a deck supported by the frame and capable of moving relative to the frame. The patient support apparatus further includes an egress unit coupled to the deck to move between an egress position and a storage position relativ

A patient support apparatus includes a base, a frame coupled to the base, and a deck supported by the frame and capable of moving relative to the frame. The patient support apparatus further includes an egress unit coupled to the deck to move between an egress position and a storage position relative to the barrier. The egress unit may include electronic controls to limit movement of various portions of the egress unit.

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1. A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and an articulated position, the deck including at least a head section, a foot sec

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A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and an articulated position, the deck including at least a head section, a foot section spaced-apart from the head section, and a seat section positioned between the head section and the foot section, and the foot section being pivotable about a first lateral pivot axis relative to the frame, andan egress unit coupled to the seat section of the deck and movable between an egress position in which the egress unit extends in an upward direction away from the deck to support a patient's weight so that a patient can egress from the patient support apparatus when the deck is in the articulated position and a storage position in which the egress unit is arranged to lie in confronting relation with the deck,wherein the egress unit includes a handle and a slide assembly and the handle is arranged to translate along a second axis that is generally perpendicular to the first lateral pivot axis and rotate about the second axis when the egress unit moves between the egress position and the storage position. 2. The patient support apparatus of claim 1, wherein the slide assembly is arranged to lie between and to interconnect the handle to the seat section of the deck, the slide assembly is movable between a retracted position in which the handle is positioned adjacent to a foot edge of the seat section and an extended position in which the handle has moved away from the seat section in a longitudinal direction to lie in spaced-apart relation to the foot edge of the seat section. 3. The patient support apparatus of claim 2, wherein the handle rotates about the second axis between a first position in which the handle extends in a downward direction away from a bottom surface of the seat section and a second position in which the handle extends away from a top surface of the seat section in an upward direction. 4. The patient support apparatus of claim 3, wherein the slide assembly includes a slide tube coupled to the handle to move therewith and a slide-tube receiver coupled to the seat section to move therewith, the slide-tube receiver is configured to support the slide tube therein for back-and-forth movement of the slide tube generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bed along the axis. 5. The patient support apparatus of claim 2, wherein the handle is movable about the second axis between a first position in which the handle extends in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the patient support apparatus and a second position in which the handle extends away from a top surface of the seat section in an upward direction. 6. The patient support apparatus of claim 5, wherein the slide assembly includes a slide tube coupled to the handle to move therewith and a slide-tube receiver coupled to the seat section to move therewith, the slide-tube receiver is configured to support the slide tube therein for back-and-forth movement along the second axis between the extended and retracted position. 7. The patient support apparatus of claim 6, wherein the slide-tube receiver is coupled to a top surface of the seat section and the handle lies in a plane generally parallel to the top surface when the slide assembly is in the retracted position and the handle is in the first position. 8. The patient support apparatus of claim 6, wherein the slide-tube receiver is coupled to a bottom surface of the seat section and the bottom surface is spaced-apart from the top surface and arranged to face in the downward direction. 9. The patient support apparatus of claim 1, wherein the recess opens in a downward direction away from the top surface. 10. A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and an articulated position, the deck including at least a head section, a foot section spaced-apart from the head section, and a seat section positioned between the head section and the foot section, and the foot section being pivotable about a first lateral pivot axis relative to the frame, andan egress unit coupled to the seat section of the deck and movable between an egress position in which the egress unit extends in an upward direction away from the deck to support a patient's weight so that a patient can egress from the patient support apparatus when the deck is in the articulated position and a storage position in which the handle is arranged to lie in confronting relation with the deck,wherein the egress unit includes a handle and a slide assembly arranged to lie between and to interconnect the handle to the seat section of the deck, the slide assembly is movable between a retracted position in which the handle is positioned adjacent to a foot edge of the seat section and an extended position in which the handle has moved away from the seat section in a longitudinal direction to lie in spaced-apart relation to the foot edge of the seat section,wherein the handle is movable about an axis between a first position in which the handle extends in a direction that is generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the patient support apparatus and a second position in which the handle extends away from a top surface of the seat section in an upward direction,wherein the slide assembly includes a slide tube coupled to the handle to move therewith and a slide-tube receiver coupled to the seat section to move therewith, the slide-tube receiver is configured to support the slide tube therein for back-and-forth movement along the axis between the extended and retracted position, andwherein the seat section is formed to include a recess that opens in a downward direction away from the top surface, the egress unit is arranged to lie in the recess and lie below the top surface when the slide assembly is in the retraced position and the handle is in the first position. 11. A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and an articulated position, the deck including at least a head section, a foot section spaced-apart from the head section, and a seat section positioned between the head and foot sections, the seat section including a foot edge, an oppositely spaced-apart head edge, a first longitudinal edge arranged to extend between the foot and the head edges, and an opposite second longitudinal edge arranged in spaced-apart generally parallel relation to the first longitudinal edge, and the foot section being pivotable about a first lateral pivot axis relative to the frame,a siderail coupled the frame between the head edge and the foot edge of the seat section and arranged to extend along one of the first and second longitudinal edges of the seat section,a slide assembly including a slide-tube receiver coupled to the seat section in a fixed position and a slide tube coupled to the slide-tube receiver to translate along an axis relative to the slide-tube receiver, the slide assembly is in a retracted position when the slide tube lies between the foot and the head ends of the seat section, and the slide assembly is in an extended position when the slide tube has translated along the axis away from the foot and the head edges of the seat section toward a foot end of the patient support apparatus, anda handle coupled to the slide tube to move therewith about the axis, the handle being movable relative to the slide-slide tube receiver about a pivot axis when the slide tube is in the extended position from a first position in which the handle extends generally perpendicularly away from the axis to define an angle measured in a second direction between a horizontal plane that is generally coplanar with the axis and the handle and the angle is between about 0 degrees and about 180 degrees, and a second position in which the handle extends in an upward direction away from the axis. 12. The patient support apparatus of claim 11, wherein the slide-tube receiver is coupled to a top surface of the seat section. 13. The patient support apparatus of claim 12, wherein the handle extends away from a longitudinal axis of the patient support apparatus towards the siderail when the handle is in the first position. 14. The patient support apparatus of claim 12, wherein the handle is coupled to the longitudinal edge to extend away from the longitudinal edge toward the siderail and the handle is positioned to lie between the longitudinal edge and the siderail. 15. The patient support apparatus of claim 11, wherein the slide-tube receiver is coupled to a bottom surface of the seat section. 16. The patient support apparatus of claim 11, wherein the top surface of the seat section is formed to include a recess, the recess is configured to receive the egress unit therein when the slide assembly is in the retraced position and the handle is in the first position. 17. The patient support apparatus of claim 11, wherein handle includes a grip adapted to be grasped by a patient during egress from the patient support apparatus, a mount coupled on a first end to the grip, and a handle joint arranged to interconnect an opposite second end of the mount to the slide assembly to cause the mount and the grip to move about the pivot axis between a first position in which the mount is generally aligned with the slide assembly and a second position in which the mount extends in an upward direction away from the slide tube and is about perpendicular to the slide tube. 18. A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and a chair-egress position, the deck including a head section, a foot section spaced-apart from the head section, and a seat section positioned between the head and foot sections, the seat section including a foot edge, an opposite head edge, and a longitudinal edge extending between the head and foot edges, and the head section being arranged to pivot upwardly about a first lateral pivot axis relative to the seat section and the foot section being arranged to pivot downwardly about a second lateral pivot axis relative to seat section when the deck is in the chair-egress position,a slide assembly including a slide-tube receiver coupled to the longitudinal edge of the seat section in a fixed position to extend away from the seat section in a lateral direction and a slide tube coupled to the slide-tube receiver to translate along an axis relative to the slide-tube receiver, the slide assembly being in a retracted position when the slide tube lies between the foot and the head ends of the seat section, and the slide assembly being in an extended position when the slide tube has translated along the axis away from the foot and the head edges of the seat section toward a foot end of the patient support apparatus, anda handle coupled to the slide tube to translate back and forth with the slide tube about the axis, the handle being movable relative to the slide tube about a third lateral pivot axis when the slide assembly is in the extended position from a first position in which the handle is generally aligned with the slide tube and a second position in which the handle extends in an upward direction away from the slide tube, and wherein the third lateral pivot axis is generally parallel to the first and second lateral pivot axes. 19. A patient support apparatus comprising a base,a frame coupled to the base, the frame being movable relative to the base,a deck supported by the frame and movable relative to the frame between a horizontal position and a chair-egress position, the deck including a head section, a foot section spaced-apart from the head section, and a seat section positioned between the head and foot sections, the seat section including a foot edge, an opposite head edge, and a longitudinal edge extending between the head and foot edges, and the head section being arranged to pivot upwardly about a first lateral pivot axis relative to the seat section and the foot section being arranged to pivot downwardly about a second lateral pivot axis relative to seat section when the deck is in the chair-egress position,a slide assembly including a slide-tube receiver coupled to the seat section in a fixed position and a slide tube coupled to the slide-tube receiver to translate along an axis relative to the slide-tube receiver, the slide assembly being in a retracted position when the slide tube lies between the foot and the head ends of the seat section, and the slide assembly being in an extended position when the slide tube has translated along the axis away from the foot and the head edges of the seat section toward a foot end of the patient support apparatus, anda handle coupled to the slide tube to translate back and forth with the slide tube about the axis, the handle being movable relative to the slide tube about a third lateral pivot axis when the slide assembly is in the extended position from a first position in which the handle is generally aligned with the slide tube and a second position in which the handle extends in an upward direction away from the slide tube. 20. The patient support apparatus of claim 19, wherein the handle includes a grip adapted to be grasped by a patient during egress from the patient support apparatus, a mount coupled on a first end to the grip, and a handle joint arranged to interconnect an opposite second end of the mount to the slide assembly to cause the mount and the grip to move about an axis between a first position in which the mount is generally aligned with the slide assembly and a second position in which the mount extends in an upward direction away from the slide and is about perpendicular to the slide assembly. 21. The patient support apparatus of claim 20, wherein the axis is generally parallel to the second lateral pivot axis. 22. The patient support apparatus of claim 21, wherein the handle joint defines the axis, the handle joint is between the foot edge and an opposite head edge of the seat section when the slide assembly is in the retracted position, and the handle joint moves away from the foot edge and the head edge to lie spaced-apart from the foot edge when the slide assembly is in the extended position.