Operational Activities of the Hungarian Disaster Medical Rescue Team in Haiti

Abstract

In 2010, Hungary sent a rescue team to earthquake-stricken Haiti. The authors report on team preparation, high-level  leadership decisions, mission challenges, leadership  experiences, security issues, civil-military cooperation and  lessons learnt from international disaster relief. As they  contributed actively and directly to the successful  implementation of the mission as deputy director general,  team leader and medical professional leader, they had first- hand experience. The experience gained then can still serve  as a lesson for future leaders and organisations of  disaster management today.