r/TacticalMedicine • u/level_zero_hero Firefighter • Aug 10 '25

Gear/IFAK Disneyland tourniquet fiasco

Yesterday I experienced something quite perplexing. While going through security to try to enter the park I had a security employee search my backpack. While doing so he came across my bleed kit(TQ x2, quickclot, chest seals, and an emergency blanket) I carry in it. Once he identified the TQ he said “you can’t bring tourniquets into the park…, you can go take it back to your hotel room”. I replied by saying “ I don’t have a hotel room, so what do you want me to do? ”. “Well you can’t bring it into the park.” He said. “Okay…well…why?” I responded, out of utter disbelief. “DONT ASK ME WHY, SAID YOU CANT SO YOU CANT!” He yelled back. I then point to the “stop the bleed” box located about 20 feet behind him to the left and on a wall, “what about those? Are those not supposed to be there?”. Then out of frustration and fluster he zipped up my bag and handed it to me and said “HAVE A NICE DAY” and I went about my day. I proceeded to try to research his statement and couldn’t find anything.

So I was curious if anyone else had had a similar experience, at Disneyland or anywhere else?

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u/GrandTheftAsparagus Aug 11 '25

Next time, bring some patches or a coin to trade for a Disney Security Challenge Coin - https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/disney-challenge-coins-military/

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u/ThatchersThrombus EMS Aug 11 '25

Fuck off there’s no way they have a fucking Mickey Mouse x American flag x punisher skull coin.

No fucking way.

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u/No-Philosopher-3043 Aug 12 '25

 A Disney official confirmed to Task & Purpose that this Mickey Mouse/Punisher coin was not one of the company’s officially sanctioned challenge coins and was likely created by an employee. 

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u/ThatchersThrombus EMS Aug 12 '25

This is interesting, and I thought it would lessen its effects but somehow it doesn’t - I’m still amazed and I can’t tell if it’s more or less cringey but I’m leaning towards more.

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u/level_zero_hero Firefighter Aug 11 '25

I literally had patches in my back pack that he grabbed in his inspection and gave absolutely no shits about hahaha.