HauntsForHope
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It's hard for me to visualize exactly what this position looked like from KM's description, but yes, it does sound like decorticate posture. It happens when key structures in your higher parts of your brain (thalamus, cortex and/or others) are damaged and some reflexes that are normally inhibited become disinhibited. It is not good, and is rarely reversible. That amount of damage to the cortex would usually take at least a minute or two because it takes neurons some time to stop functioning in the absence of oxygen.
I never heard of that. Wow, it's exactly as she described.

http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/neurology-decorticate-posturing/deck/2395760