Officials at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo think that emergency health care personnel can get through traffic more quickly on a motorcycle, and thus reach persons needing help more quickly.
"Motorcycles can often be faster in traffic than cars," Bjørn Karr, a department head at the hospital, told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on Friday.
He stressed that time is a critical factor in saving heart attack or stroke victims, or reaching people badly injured in accidents.
Karr said he hopes a trial program using specially equipped motorcycles can start in Oslo this summer. The motorcycles, he said, would have advanced first-aid equipment that's common in a conventional ambulance.
