First Aid Quiz for Workplace Safety Teams

Every workplace with a first aid requirement hits the same gap: training day ends, the certificates get filed, and six months later nobody can say whether staff would remember the compression rate when it matters. Booking refresher sessions just to find out costs money and pulls people off the floor. This template closes the gap with a short written check you can send by email: 8 scored questions on CPR, choking response, bleeding control, shock, and AED operation, sized for a 10 to 15 minute sitting.

From compression rate to AED prompts: what gets tested

Three question formats share the load. Single choice items pin down hard numbers, like "What is the correct chest compression rate for adult CPR?" alongside a companion question on proper compression depth. True/false items cover the head-tilt chin-lift maneuver and abdominal thrusts for a conscious choking adult. Two select-all questions raise the difficulty: one asks takers to identify the signs of shock, the other to pick out the correct steps for operating an AED.

Each item carries 12.5 points toward a 100 point total, and each comes with a written explanation, so a wrong answer teaches the right procedure instead of just cutting the score. There is no timer, the questions run in a fixed order, and takers can skip an item, return to change an earlier answer, and watch a completion indicator fill as they go.

Built for whoever signs the compliance binder

The template targets workplace safety compliance, which makes it a natural fit for HR teams and safety officers who need documented evidence that first aid training actually stuck. Instructors use it as a baseline before a course or a knowledge check after one. Sites with designated first aiders, warehouses, schools, gyms, front offices, can run it quarterly to catch knowledge decay before an incident exposes it.

All eight questions, their answer options, and their point values can be edited, so you can fold in site-specific material, where the AED cabinets hang, who gets called after 911, without rebuilding the core content.

The reasoning behind an 80 point bar

Scoring is pass/fail against a 100 point scale, and the bar is 80. That is deliberately strict: with first aid, mostly right is not good enough, and the threshold sends near misses back into review. Retakes stay open, so a failed attempt becomes a study prompt: the taker reads the explanations, revisits the material, and runs it again.

On your side, response analytics show every attempt along with how the group did on each individual item. If the shock question keeps catching people out, you have found the topic for your next toolbox talk. Results export to CSV for your training records, and webhooks or Zapier can push completions into whatever system tracks certifications.

From template to inbox in one afternoon

Publish the quiz and circulate a direct link by email or chat, print a QR code for the break room noticeboard, embed it on an intranet page, or, on WordPress, drop it into a training page through the Uplup plugin's shortcode. Add your organization's logo and colors so the quiz reads as an internal document rather than a generic web form.

The template runs on Uplup's free plan, so there is no purchase approval to chase. Create an account, adjust the questions if you need to, and have the check in inboxes the same day.