Abstract: An improved endotracheal tube having a suction sleeve circumferentially thereabout with a plurality of suction holes or ports therein. The suction sleeve is spaced a distance above an inflatable balloon or cuff so that the vocal cords of a patient may rest between the sleeve and the cuff, and the suction sleeve, sealed at its top and bottom to the endotracheal tube, has a plurality of circumferentially and longitudinally-spaced suction holes therethrough for suctioning the pools of secretion that form in the hypopharynx and lower oropharynx of an intubated patient. Tubing is also provided for connecting a suction chamber between the suction sleeve and the main lumen of the endotracheal tube to a well-known low intermittent suction (“LIS”) device.