The player collapsed and medical personnel were on the field almost immediately. They quickly assessed the severity of the situation and took steps that may have hopefully saved the kids life.

The players were never forced to return to action and the game was ultimately postponed approximately an hour after the player collapsed. Without the benefit of hindsight how should it have been handled?

It is not uncommon to see a player suffer a neck injury that requires significant medical attention stopping the game for several minutes. In EVERY ONE of those instances we see players from both teams express somber concern for the fallen player. Yet, in every one of those instances the game ultimately resumes. So is it really that unreasonable to think the same wouldn't happen here? The league was suddenly hit with an unexpected and unprecedented event. I'm sure they initially waited to see if medical personnel could provide a status on the player's expected condition to help ease the concerns of his teammates. Once it became clear that wasn't going to happen the game was postponed.

Roughly 25 years ago a MLB umpire collapsed on the field behind home plate during the game. Medical personnel rushed to his aid and he was eventually taken to a ER via ambulance (though he had no pulse on the field and was dead before being loaded into the ambulance). Players from both teams and, especially, his fellow umpires were visibly shaken and unsure how to proceed. Ultimately, the game never resumed and the decision was made to postpone the game...over an hour after the umpire first collapsed.

I don't recall there being any criticism that MLB handled the situation poorly. Then again, social media didn't exist at that time along with the perpetual virtue signaling Olympics it has created.