diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerSQF.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerSQF.sqf
index 93472f1d7a..b0de1f6e4a 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerSQF.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/functions/fnc_woundsHandlerSQF.sqf
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ private _bodyPartVisParams = [_unit, false, false, false, false]; // params arra
                 _critialDamage = true;
             };
             if ([_unit, _bodyPartNToAdd, _bodyPartDamage, _woundDamage] call FUNC(determineIfFatal)) then {
-                TRACE_1("determineIfFatal returned true",_woundDamage);
-                [QEGVAR(medical,FatalInjury), _unit] call CBA_fnc_localEvent;
+                if (!isPlayer _unit || {random 1 < EGVAR(medical,deathChance)}) then {
+                    TRACE_1("determineIfFatal returned true",_woundDamage);
+                    [QEGVAR(medical,FatalInjury), _unit] call CBA_fnc_localEvent;
+                };
             };
 
             #ifdef DEBUG_MODE_FULL
diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
index 12806a46a2..14dac50f1a 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/initSettings.sqf
@@ -33,3 +33,12 @@
     [0, 1, 0.1, 2, true],
     true
 ] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
+
+[
+    QEGVAR(medical,deathChance),
+    "SLIDER",
+    [LSTRING(deathChance_DisplayName), LSTRING(deathChance_Description)],
+    ELSTRING(medical,Category),
+    [0, 1, 1, 2, true],
+    true
+] call CBA_fnc_addSetting;
diff --git a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
index 4c74c96db1..ae56dc79c8 100644
--- a/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
+++ b/addons/medical_damage/stringtable.xml
@@ -697,5 +697,11 @@
             <Polish>Szansa że osoba straci przytomność gdy jej ból jest powyżej tolerowalnego progu podczas otrzymywania obrażeń.</Polish>
             <Japanese>ユニットがダメージを受けた時に痛みが許容しきい値を超えた場合、気絶をする確立を設定します。</Japanese>
         </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_DeathChance_DisplayName">
+            <English>Fatal Injury Death Chance</English>
+        </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_Medical_Damage_DeathChance_Description">
+            <English>The chance of dying to a fatal injury.</English>
+        </Key>
     </Package>
 </Project>