A slotted catheter securement device adapted for securing a catheter extending generally perpendicularly from the skin of a patient, having a base member and a securing member co-planarly oriented, the securing member being joined to the base member non-coextensively, an interior opening, a slot passing through the base member and the securing member in communication with the interior opening the securing member having a first bridging member and a second bridging member non-coextensively joined to the base member, a securing adhesive layer positioned on at least one of the first and second bridging members, the first bridging member having an attached end and a free end, the second bridging member having two attached ends, whereby the first and second bridging members fold away from the base member to adhere to each other and to a catheter disposed therebetween, The slotted catheter securement device may also include anchor pads.
