  i am studying for a level i-iii class that starts august 25. i am taking my time; pacing myself with the unbelievable amount of material i picked up last week. it took me close to 3 hours to try and sort out what everything was, and what order i should be reading it in, but i believe i have it figured. i have begun reading through the moh precourse package. it is pretty self-explanatory, though the tems updated versions of some of the&nbsp;chapters&nbsp;are not nearly as well put together. i&nbsp;am attempting to learn concepts as opposed to memorize things, and i believe i am doing well. this material is all review though, stuff we learned in college.&nbsp;i would like to have a good&nbsp;knowledge base prior to getting in to the als modules. hopefully i'm not going to slowly. today i was reading the acid-base balance section. i actually feel like i understand the whole carbonic acid/bicarbonate ion buffer system, and metabolic vs respiratory acidosis and alkalosis.
i had to do quite a bit of extra reading from my college anatomy book (hole's), but i feel pretty confident. i have spoken to a few people about the class and what to expect. it seems that the most important things to get to know are the standing orders and pharmacology. i have read over the standing orders, and plan to regularly. i haven't started with any pharmacology yet, but will not neglect this topic, thats for sure. 
