Review Question - QID 109124

A 44-year-old man is brought to the emergency department as an unrestrained driver in a motor vehicle accident. His wife notes that the patient’s only medical history is the recent development of episodes of headache accompanied by sweating and palpitations. These episodes were diagnosed as atypical panic attacks by the patient’s primary care provider and the patient was started on sertraline and alprazolam. In the trauma bay, the patient’s temperature is 97.6°F (36.4°C), blood pressure is 81/56 mmHg, pulse is 127/min, and respirations are 14/min. He has a Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) of 10. He is tender to palpation in the abdomen with rebound and guarding. His skin is cool and clammy, and he has thready peripheral pulses. The patient's Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam reveals bleeding in the perisplenic space and he is taken for emergency laparotomy. He is found to have a ruptured spleen, and his spleen is removed. During manipulation of the bowel, the patient’s temperature is 97.8°F (36.6°C), blood pressure is 246/124 mmHg, and pulse is 104/min. The patient is administered intravenous labetalol, but his blood pressure continues to increase. The patient dies during the surgery. Which of the following medications could have prevented this outcome?