A 94-year-old male patient is brought to the emergency department from a nursing facility. In the nursing report, the ER staff learn that the patient became tachypneic while eating. He began coughing, wheezing, and having sternal retractions. Chest x-ray shows an opaque, irregular shaped object located in the upper mediastinum. The nurse anticipates preparing the patient for which of the following procedures?
MRI
endotracheal intubation
rigid bronchoscopy
CT scan
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