hogsnortrupert
You appear to have been flying a airline Turbo prop which implies significant flying experience. Sounds like you utilized that experince and a cool head to deal with a very difficult situation. But I would suggest if you had encountered the same situation as a 150hr PPL iyou would not have been as well prepared to know what shortcuts to take and how to use your discretion
to change/ignore the published emergency procedures. That is the challenge of flight instructors...how to develop the skills/knowledge and reactions that will prepare new pilots to deal with emergencies.
But at the end of the day the best thing you can do when bad things are happening is fly the airplane. I will have succeded as an instructor, not when the student rattles of the memory items, but when he/she utilizes pilot aids like checklist only after they have the aircraft properly under control and it is doing what they want it do.