diff --git a/code/datums/organs/organ_external.dm b/code/datums/organs/organ_external.dm
index 9806f1d0acf..acac9585819 100644
--- a/code/datums/organs/organ_external.dm
+++ b/code/datums/organs/organ_external.dm
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@
 				// internal wounds get worse over time
 				W.open_wound(0.1 * wound_update_accuracy)
 				owner.vessel.remove_reagent("blood",0.07 * W.damage * wound_update_accuracy)
+				if(prob(1 * wound_update_accuracy))
+					owner.custom_pain("You feel a stabbing pain in your [display_name]!",1)
 
 			if(W.bandaged || W.salved)
 				// slow healing
@@ -489,9 +491,11 @@
 					W = new wound_type(damage)
 
 			// Possibly trigger an internal wound, too.
-			if(damage > 10 && prob(damage) && type != BURN)
+			var/local_damage = brute_dam + burn_dam + damage
+			if(damage > 10 && type != BURN && local_damage > 20 && prob(damage))
 				var/datum/wound/internal_bleeding/I = new (15)
 				wounds += I
+				owner.custom_pain("You feel something rip in your [display_name]!", 1)
 
 			// check whether we can add the wound to an existing wound
 			for(var/datum/wound/other in wounds)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index b6a31f764e0..161e21d4781 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@
 						var/word = pick("dizzy","woosey","faint")
 						src << "\red You feel extremely [word]"
 				if(0 to 122)
-					toxloss += 200
+					// There currently is a strange bug here. If the mob is not below -100 health
+					// when death() is called, apparently they will be just fine, and this way it'll
+					// spam deathgasp. Adjusting toxloss ensures the mob will stay dead.
+					toxloss += 300 // just to be safe!
 					death()
 
 
diff --git a/code/setup.dm b/code/setup.dm
index f7935d741d5..39a9b4b06fd 100644
--- a/code/setup.dm
+++ b/code/setup.dm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define MOLES_PLASMA_VISIBLE	0.7 //Moles in a standard cell after which plasma is visible
 #define MIN_PLASMA_DAMAGE 20
 
-#define BREATH_VOLUME 5	//liters in a normal breath
+#define BREATH_VOLUME 0.5	//liters in a normal breath
 #define BREATH_MOLES (ONE_ATMOSPHERE * BREATH_VOLUME /(T20C*R_IDEAL_GAS_EQUATION))
 #define BREATH_PERCENTAGE BREATH_MOLES/MOLES_CELLSTANDARD
 	//Amount of air to take a from a tile