The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Home 4U, Inc., dba. Medical King, of Brooklyn, New York, announced on November 14, 2024 the recall of three models of Medical King Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails. The recalled bed rails pose a risk of entrapment and asphyxia because users can become entrapped within the rail, or between the rail and mattress.
Medical King has received one report of a death involving the Bed Assist Rail with Adjustable Heights, model number 7007. In November 2023, at a residential care facility in South Carolina, a 66-year-old man died after becoming entrapped between his mattress and the bed rail.
This recall involves the Bed Assist Rail with Adjustable Heights (model numbers 7007 and 7057) and the Bed Assist Rail Without Legs (model number 7037). The Bed Assist Rail with Adjustable Heights is made of black or white metal tubing with a rounded black foam rubber grip handle and a fabric pouch. The Bed Assist Rail Without Legs is made of silver metal tubing with a black foam rubber grip handle and a black fabric pouch. There are no model numbers or brand-specific labels on the recalled bed rails.
Medical King sold about 222,000 of the recalled bed rails from January 2020 through March 2024 for about $40. The recalled bed rails were sold online via Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target Plus, eBay, Kohls.com and medicalkingusa.com. They were manufactured in China.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed rails and contact Medical King for a free repair kit or a replacement bed rail, depending on the model.
Dangerous Bed Rails
From January 2003 through September 2012, 155 deaths involving bed rails were reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). In October 2012, the CPSC released a memorandum on reports of adult bed rail-related deaths, injuries and potential injuries the agency received: over a nine-year period, there were roughly 36,900 visits to hospital emergency departments resulting from bed rail-related injuries. By 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had received approximately 550 reports of alleged bed rail deaths.
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