A catheter securement device (10) adapted to be adhesively mounted to the skin of a patient to secure a catheter (30) in place, the device having a flexible, thin, sheet-like base member (11) with a distal edge (13) and a midportion, and a releasable, flexible, thin, sheet-like retention member (21) comprising a fixed end, a releasable end, a and a distal edge (23), wherein the distal edge of the retention member is offset from the distal edge of the base member to define an uplift focus area in the midportion of the base member, such that upward pull on the catheter is transferred to the midportion of the base member to preclude the base member from being peeled from the patient's skin.
