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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Bill Johnson, 17, and Mark Jamieson, 13, were rock-climbing near their home in Rappahannock Lakes on Saturday, August 9 when a basketball-sized rock broke loose from the hillside and tumbled down, striking Mark in the back of the leg just below the knee.
“I had my back to the rock. I didn’t see it fall but I heard it,” Mark said. The sharp rock struck his calf, slicing a six-inch gash two fingers deep which required more than 30 stitches inside and out to close.
When he realized that he had been badly cut, Mark began running. Bill, recognizing the seriousness of the wound, caught and stopped the younger boy. He wrapped Mark’s leg with his shirt and applied direct pressure until he had the bleeding under control. Then he carried Mark about a quarter-mile out of the woods to a place where a car could get in to him. He left Mark long enough to run to a neighbor’s house to get help.
Mark was taken to Fauquier Hospital where they were met by Stan and Patricia Dye, at whose home the boys are staying. Mr. Dye said that doctors told him that Mark’s leg will not suffer any permanent damage, thanks to Bill’s quick action. “He kept his cool and used his head,” Mr. Dye said. “He did just what he was supposed to do.”
Bill said that he knew what to do because he had taken a first aid course in school and often reads the handbook to refresh his understanding of first aid techniques.
Bill and Mark are both participants in the Community Teaching Homes program, an alternative to institutional placement for children with behavioral problems. “We’re not just a foster home,” Mr. Dye ex-!; plained. “We are Teaching Parents, certified by the state of Virginia to guide young people.”
. In order to participate in the piogram, teaching parents must complete a six-month intensive course in managing youngsters with behavioral problems. Mrs. Dye said that when they began the course there were 37 couples in the group. “They (CTH counselors) told us that 10 percent would finish. After one
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