diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
index eb12d3e2d..123d0f521 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" disabledeltatime="true">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
-      <!-- InWater is horribly broken right now. https://github.com/Regalis11/Barotrauma/issues/187
+      <!-- InWater is horribly broken right now. https://github.com/Regalis11/Barotrauma/issues/187 -->
       <StatusEffect type="InWater" target="This" Condition="0.0" setvalue="true">
         <Sound file="Content/Items/Reactor/explosion.ogg"/>
         <Explosion range="250.0" structuredamage="10" damage="20" stun="5" force="5.0"/>
-      </StatusEffect> -->
+      </StatusEffect>
     </Throwable>
   </Item>
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
       </StatusEffect>
       <!-- Here's a problem: if a chemical with delay is injected into more than one person, only the last person will get that delayed effect.
       Everyone else gets off scott free! Woo!!!..... -->
-      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Oxygen="-15.0" Health="-1.0" duration="60.0" delay="20.0"> 
+      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Oxygen="-20.0" Health="-1.0" duration="60.0" delay="20.0"> 
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
     </Throwable>
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Item.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Item.cs
index 8af99c2af..e6e6ef53d 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Item.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Item.cs
@@ -777,11 +777,13 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
         private bool IsInWater()
         {
+            if (parentInventory != null && parentInventory.Owner != null)
+                FindHull();
             if (CurrentHull == null) return true;
             
             float surfaceY = CurrentHull.Surface;
 
-            return Position.Y < surfaceY;            
+            return CurrentHull.WaterVolume > 0.0f && Position.Y < surfaceY;
         }
 
 
@@ -826,44 +828,46 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 }
             }
             
-            inWater = IsInWater();
-            if (inWater) ApplyStatusEffects(ActionType.InWater, deltaTime);
-            
-            if (body == null || !body.Enabled) return;
-
-            System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(body.FarseerBody.FixtureList != null);
-
-            if (Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.X) > 0.01f || Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.Y) > 0.01f)
+            if (body != null && body.Enabled)
             {
-                Submarine prevSub = Submarine;
+                System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(body.FarseerBody.FixtureList != null);
 
-                FindHull();
+                if (Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.X) > 0.01f || Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.Y) > 0.01f)
+                {
+                    Submarine prevSub = Submarine;
 
-                if (Submarine == null && prevSub != null)
-                {
-                    body.SetTransform(body.SimPosition + prevSub.SimPosition, body.Rotation);
-                }
-                else if (Submarine != null && prevSub == null)
-                {
-                    body.SetTransform(body.SimPosition - Submarine.SimPosition, body.Rotation);
-                }
-                
-                Vector2 displayPos = ConvertUnits.ToDisplayUnits(body.SimPosition);
-                rect.X = (int)(displayPos.X - rect.Width / 2.0f);
-                rect.Y = (int)(displayPos.Y + rect.Height / 2.0f);
+                    FindHull();
 
-                if (Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.X) > MaxVel || Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.Y) > MaxVel)
-                {
-                    body.LinearVelocity = new Vector2(
-                        MathHelper.Clamp(body.LinearVelocity.X, -MaxVel, MaxVel),
-                        MathHelper.Clamp(body.LinearVelocity.Y, -MaxVel, MaxVel));
+                    if (Submarine == null && prevSub != null)
+                    {
+                        body.SetTransform(body.SimPosition + prevSub.SimPosition, body.Rotation);
+                    }
+                    else if (Submarine != null && prevSub == null)
+                    {
+                        body.SetTransform(body.SimPosition - Submarine.SimPosition, body.Rotation);
+                    }
+                    
+                    Vector2 displayPos = ConvertUnits.ToDisplayUnits(body.SimPosition);
+                    rect.X = (int)(displayPos.X - rect.Width / 2.0f);
+                    rect.Y = (int)(displayPos.Y + rect.Height / 2.0f);
+
+                    if (Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.X) > MaxVel || Math.Abs(body.LinearVelocity.Y) > MaxVel)
+                    {
+                        body.LinearVelocity = new Vector2(
+                            MathHelper.Clamp(body.LinearVelocity.X, -MaxVel, MaxVel),
+                            MathHelper.Clamp(body.LinearVelocity.Y, -MaxVel, MaxVel));
+                    }
                 }
+
+                UpdateNetPosition();
             }
 
-            UpdateNetPosition();
-            
-            if (!inWater || ParentInventory != null) return;
-            
+            inWater = IsInWater();
+
+            if (inWater) ApplyStatusEffects(ActionType.InWater, deltaTime);
+
+            if (body == null || !body.Enabled || !inWater || ParentInventory != null) return;
+
             ApplyWaterForces();
             CurrentHull?.ApplyFlowForces(deltaTime, this);
         }