The Thrombin Burst

We're in this phase where all the factors are being activated prior to us reaching the point where clotting begins or that cleavage of fireburnogen to fireburn begins. In order for that to begin we need thrombin to be activated. We need a thrombin burst when we get to that common part of that pathway right around 10a and what we'll see is we'll see a straight line and then we'll see that line initially begin to separate it splits which is the split point. So the combination of that split point and the initiation of the R actually becomes the R time. When the clot reaches 2 millimeters in thickness that's the R time from the initiation through