Figure 2.

Wound placement design and dressing steps. A. Diagram of wound placement. Pig is measured from the scapulae to the iliac crests (dotted lines) to determine optimal number and spacing of wounds paravertebrally, 5 cm from midline. B. Appearance of skin post-burn creation. Note the blue dots marking the spine and wound placement to ensure even spacing of the wounds. C. Wounds covered with 2” × 2” non-stick gauze pads, with fold towards midline. D. Application of tincture of benzoin around the edges of the gauze pads. E. Telfa dressing and gauze pad secured with skin staples. The staples should oppose each other and be perpendicular to the gauze edge. F. Application of Elastikon^® strips along the spine and on each side of the torso to reinforce the Telfa bandages. Staples are applied along the strips to anchor the strips to the dressings (black arrows). G. Steri-drape dressings cover the prior dressing layers and are secured by Elastikon^® strips along the spine, lateral to the dressings, and perpendicularly across the shoulders and hips. Staples are added to the perpendicular strips and down the central strip. An additional Elastikon^® strip is placed from the center of the back, across the shoulder, under the neck, and across the other shoulder. Two final Elastikon^® strips are applied from the center of the back and over the hip and butt.