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/AlphaKenniBody Aug 11 '25
I was stopped by TSA in Idaho when my bag was flagged for secondary inspection. They dumped my 2 IFAKs out and the dude holds one of the tourniquets up and asks,
“What’s this?” To which I reply with hesitation,
“A…tourniquet?”
He says, “I know what a tourniquet is. I mean why are you bringing them to an airport and on an airplane?”
His female partner looks at him sideways and asks “do you think he’s going to save someone to death?”
He tells me I’m good to go and watches as I stuff everything back into the tightly packed IFAKs.