The Chaplain works in three areas or “ventions.” The first area is prevention. Prevention is stopping something (in this context, something bad) from happening. The second area is called intervention. Intervention is stepping into the midst of a person’s crisis, coming alongside of them, and helping them get through the critical first few hours and days. The last area is postvention. Postvention is covered thoroughly in section four of this book. Postvention is picking