Doc Smith was a member on the Wilderness Medical Society Guidelines for avalanche safety and rescue. He discusses, avalanche awareness, safety and mitigation protocols,  rescue and resuscitation. 

Here are some links he mentions is the discussion:

http://www.backcountryzero.com/

http://wms.org/research/default.asp?t=pg

http://www.wemjournal.org

http://avalanche.org