diff --git a/code/datums/wounds/_wounds.dm b/code/datums/wounds/_wounds.dm
index 1654670e504..9b03a328382 100644
--- a/code/datums/wounds/_wounds.dm
+++ b/code/datums/wounds/_wounds.dm
@@ -405,6 +405,9 @@
 	var/obj/item/bodypart/cached_limb = limb // remove_wound() nulls limb so we have to track it locally
 	remove_wound(replaced=TRUE)
 	new_wound.apply_wound(cached_limb, old_wound = src, smited = smited, attack_direction = attack_direction, wound_source = wound_source, replacing = TRUE)
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_WOUND_SCANNED) && severity > new_wound.severity)
+		for(var/trait_source in GET_TRAIT_SOURCES(src, TRAIT_WOUND_SCANNED))
+			ADD_TRAIT(new_wound, TRAIT_WOUND_SCANNED, trait_source)
 	. = new_wound
 	qdel(src)
 
diff --git a/code/datums/wounds/pierce.dm b/code/datums/wounds/pierce.dm
index 28a9286a775..e13fd79e935 100644
--- a/code/datums/wounds/pierce.dm
+++ b/code/datums/wounds/pierce.dm
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
 	playsound(user, 'sound/items/handling/surgery/cautery2.ogg', 75, TRUE)
 
-	var/bleeding_wording = (!limb.can_bleed() ? "holes" : "bleeding")
+	var/bleeding_wording = (limb.can_bleed() ? "bleeding" : "holes")
 	user.visible_message(span_green("[user] cauterizes some of the [bleeding_wording] on [victim]."), span_green("You cauterize some of the [bleeding_wording] on [victim]."))
 	victim.apply_damage(2 + severity, BURN, limb, wound_bonus = CANT_WOUND)
 	if(prob(30))
diff --git a/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm b/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
index 856a54f8631..e0ac7b30ddc 100644
--- a/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
+++ b/code/datums/wounds/slash.dm
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 
 	playsound(user, 'sound/items/handling/surgery/cautery2.ogg', 75, TRUE)
 
-	var/bleeding_wording = (!limb.can_bleed() ? "cuts" : "bleeding")
+	var/bleeding_wording = (limb.can_bleed() ? "bleeding" : "cuts")
 	user.visible_message(span_green("[user] cauterizes some of the [bleeding_wording] on [victim]."), span_green("You cauterize some of the [bleeding_wording] on [victim]."))
 	victim.apply_damage(2 + severity, BURN, limb, wound_bonus = CANT_WOUND)
 	if(prob(30))