It has been said before, but back to basics may very well prevent total disaster in flying.
I looked at an image of the cockpit of the ATR72. The airspeed is a small sort of vertical tape common to modern displays.
We all remember when the airspeed indicator was a large gauge, in the first place on a left to right scan.
Airspeed, Pitch/Bank Attitude, Altimeter
The above tells you the health of everything in the plane. Airspeed high, climbing, nose up...all is well
Airspeed low, descending, nose down? Engine dead!
Take care with the yoke and then fool around with the other fancy knobs.
NOW before some of you remind me, there are failure modes of airspeed that might fool you, but if you have proper reading instruments, the truth is easy to see.