However, he faced issues after returning back home, according to Ms. Since fracturing his skull, Jacobs’ health improved after his surgery. The common types of injuries were lacerations, contusions/abrasions and fractures, with fractures being the third most frequent injury. The study states people are usually injured on their head and neck. Young adults’ use of lofted or bunk beds in college dorms, according to the study. People ages 18 to 21 suffered from bed-related injuries twice more than 14- to 17-year-olds. On average there are approximately 36,000 cases of bunk bed-related injuries annually among children and young adults up to 21 years of age, according to a study published by Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in 2008. Jacobs’ incident is also not the only case of injuries caused by falling off lofted beds. She said Jacobs fell from a bed with no railings, which is similar to some of Georgia State’s dormitory beds. To save Jacobs’ life, a portion of his cranium was removed to enable brain swelling, and cranioplasty was performed to restore the skull, according to Ms.
The most difficult hours were the ones following his emergency brain surgery when we were told he might not live.” “We are slowly coming back to life with him. It is almost like our lives came to a halt on Jan. “To describe Clark’s accident as a nightmare come to life doesn’t even begin to account for the pain our family has endured. WebMD states brain bleeding or hemorrhaging is a type of stroke that kills brain cells. The fall caused Jacobs to fracture the base of his skull and suffer from brain bleed, according to Ms. Georgia State’s University Housing residents voiced apprehensions about their beds after Georgia Tech mechanical engineering major Jacobs fell from a lofted bed in Tech’s Kappa Sigma fraternity house on Jan. She later discovered the situation was a lot more critical. When Clark Jacobs’ mother Marillen Jacobs noticed her son vomiting one morning, she originally thought he just had the flu. Marrilen Jacobs, a mother of a son who suffered damages from falling off his lofted bed, is advocating for railings on lofted beds in college student housing.Ĭlair Irvin & Lauren booker Staff Reporter and News Editor Various beds in Georgia State’s student housing are lofted several feet up.
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