What is the role of the presiding priest when a parishioner has a spell in church?

[fred_stone]

What is the role of the presiding priest when a parishioner has a spell in church?
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=497919
Since you can’t answer in the Ask an Apologist section,
Therefore i’ll put my question right here:

Hi,

If the priest is young and inexperienced, his reaction is understandable. Perhaps, for some reason he became confused. But what a priest ordinarily should do in such an emergency is to go down and anoint the man and remain with him until he is taken from the church. THEN, he should continue with the Mass.

Partly i disagree: First aid is the most important thing you’ll HAVE do to keep the person alive. Suppose you are the one laying down on the floor suffering a heart attack, and a priest is anointing you to save you, and your condition is getting worse ?

 

[Joe_5859]

If that happened to me, I sure as heck would want the priest to come over and give me Anointing of the Sick ASAP!!

Obviously, if anyone present has the medical training necessary to offer physical help, that person should step in as well. And, of course, 911 should be called. It doesn’t have to be an either/or thing.

 

[SonCatcher]

I think Fr. Serpa answered correctly for what the priest should do (that was the question asked). Certainly, if there is a doctor or medic in the congregation, they should assist as appropriate and neither should interfere with the other. My parish church even has an automated defibrillator in the vestibule for such events.