A Quandary

I've got a quandary here for you, and I'd like to know how you would solve it, so please comment below.


Imagine that you are a doctor who has gone on a backpacking trip. You are at least an 8 hour hike from the nearest point of civilization. As you are hiking, you come across a man, laying on the ground unconscious and bleeding to death.

Luckily, you happen to have a first aid kit with you, as well as some basic medical supplies, so you patch him up. Unfortunately, as you finish you notice that he is showing signs of shock--he has lost too much blood. Your medical education tells you he has ten minutes to live.

After performing a quick analysis, you notice that he has the same blood type as you. You do happen to have blood transfusion equipment with you, and this action would save his life, but there's one complicating factor: you have AIDS.

So, do you do the transfusion, and save his life, while simultaneously infecting him with an incurable disease? Or do you let him die?