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If you have carpeting and happen to own a wet-and-dry vacuum, it can be helpful to "suck up" as much of the moisture/liquid you can before trying to blot (which can tend to push the problem deeper into the carpet/pad). Also, to "rinse" the carpet, you can spray water (quite a lot actually) from a squirt bottle just in front of the wet-and-dry vacuum nozzle as you move the nozzle across the soiled area. This is sort of a poor man's carpet cleaner for small areas and you can usually get the carpet nearly dry if you take the time.

However, these techniques probably won't do much to help if the pad has become soaked through.

Oh, and it can leave the vacuum a bit gross - consider how/where you're going to clean it before you use it to suck up bad stuff.

Obviously use ONLY a wet-and-dry vacuum for this and follow all the vacuum manufacturer's instructions.

Also, to avoid additional carpet damage, use good judgment. Use only on carpets in sufficiently good shape and of appropriate materials (for example, this might be a bad thing to try if you are un/lucky enough to have wool carpets). Also don't use a vacuum that is too powerful and don't overclean.