uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Boerhaave Syndrome

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A pre-hospital clinician is managing a 45-year-old male who presents with acute severe epigastric pain, nausea, and retching following a heavy meal. He then forcefully vomits and immediately develops severe left-sided chest pain, subcutaneous emphysema in the neck, and becomes tachycardic and hypotensive. What diagnosis should be suspected?

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