diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index 56c54d1fdbb..07098750b8b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@
 
 	if(adjusted_pressure >= species.hazard_high_pressure)
 		var/pressure_damage = min( ( (adjusted_pressure / species.hazard_high_pressure) -1 )*PRESSURE_DAMAGE_COEFFICIENT , MAX_HIGH_PRESSURE_DAMAGE)
+		if(stat==DEAD)
+			pressure_damage = pressure_damage/2
 		take_overall_damage(brute=pressure_damage, used_weapon = "High Pressure")
 		throw_alert("pressure", /obj/screen/alert/highpressure, 2)
 	else if(adjusted_pressure >= species.warning_high_pressure)
@@ -788,7 +790,10 @@
 	else
 		if( !(COLD_RESISTANCE in mutations))
 			if(!isSynthetic() || !nif || !nif.flag_check(NIF_O_PRESSURESEAL,NIF_FLAGS_OTHER)) //VOREStation Edit - NIF pressure seals
-				take_overall_damage(brute=LOW_PRESSURE_DAMAGE, used_weapon = "Low Pressure")
+				var/pressure_damage = LOW_PRESSURE_DAMAGE
+				if(stat==DEAD)
+					pressure_damage = pressure_damage/2
+				take_overall_damage(brute=pressure_damage, used_weapon = "Low Pressure")
 			if(getOxyLoss() < 55) 		// 12 OxyLoss per 4 ticks when wearing internals;    unconsciousness in 16 ticks, roughly half a minute
 				var/pressure_dam = 3	// 16 OxyLoss per 4 ticks when no internals present; unconsciousness in 13 ticks, roughly twenty seconds
 										// (Extra 1 oxyloss from failed breath)